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RE: Dired like functionality on a custom text file


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Dired like functionality on a custom text file
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 08:51:30 -0700

> I have found globalff.el a tremendous help to quickly find files
> scattered all over tarnations.  I have to have locate or slocate up to
> date, and I had to make sure that the directories I am interested in---
> in deep and dark regions of my machine --- are searched and indexed by
> updatedb.  It is possible to save the link and open it elsewhere, or
> open the files right away.
> 
> That being said, I think the virtual dired option will be interesting
> for me.  I use a kind of a depot file for org-mode to keep a list of
> links to important directories and files all over the place.  What is
> lacking is the ability to grep-find...   I use long filenames, though.

For globalff and alternatives:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/LocateFilesAnywhere





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