Re: build a macro that opens a directory and prompts for file name

[Kevin Rodgers]

roodwriter@ureach.com wrote:
> Bookmarks, which I use, work great for small numbers of
> files. But since I generate tons of small files, I keep an
> index list of files, with their descriptions, plus the
> entire path and file name for that file. So they look
> something like this:
>
> /home/rod/vacation.txt How I spent my summer vacation.
>
> I have a macro that copies the entire file name and path and
> pastes it into C-x C-f. I've bound it to a function key so
> my index kind of works like a hyperlink.

If you're visiting your index file, then `M-x find-file-at-point'
will do the trick.  Or just `C-x C-f' with this in your ~/.emacs:

(ffap-bindings)

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA