Re: find-file-at-point expanding environment variables?

[David Rogoff]

On 2010-04-13 15:58:31 -0700, David Rogoff said:

> I could use some help.  I use ffap (bound to c-x c-f) all the time. 
> However, I edit many files in which there are references to filenames 
> that use shell environment variables as part of the path.  For example 
> -  /home/${USER}/.cshrc .  Is there a way for ffap to expand/substitute 
> this?  It would make my life a lot easier.

I did some experimenting and see that ffap will expand variables ... 
except if they are enclosed in curly braces. This isn't too bad a 
limitation, but it would be better if I didn't have to edit the files 
and remove the curly braces.

David