Re: Open files by moving cursor over the path name in a buffer and a key troke

[Kevin Rodgers]

CloudStrife wrote:
>  I would like to implement the following feature:
>  If there is a filename within one buffer, I would like
>  to open this file just by moving the point over that
>  filename and hitting a special keystroke.
>
> THere is a similar thread in this group that deals with this topic but
> inspite of reading it and tring it didnot herlp. hrer is what happened
>
> ####### say this is some buffer########
> ....
> ......
> ......
> source /tools/linux/directory/foo.tcl
> ....
> ...
>
> ######## Buffer ends ##############
>
> Now i would like to open the file by positioning my cursor over
> "/tools/linux/directory/foo.tcl" at any point and open it either in the
> same buffer or preferably another buffer.
> What was suggested in the thread was to use M-X find-file-at-point
> RETURN
> but this is behaving exactly like C-X C-F and the mini buffer is asking
> for the file name. I donot know what is happening. please enlighten
> Thanks in adavance
> -Cloud

So your complaint is that `M-x find-file-at-point' requires you to
type RET to confirm that /tools/linux/directory/foo.tcl is the file
you want to visit?

(BTW, if you run `M-x ffap-bindings', then `C-x C-f' will run
find-file-at-point for you instead of find-file and `C-x 4 f' will
run ffap-other-window instead of find-file-other-window.)

--
Kevin