Re: when my cursor is sitting on top of a filename, C-x C-f find-file etc. should take note, perhaps

[Klaus Zeitler]

>>>>> Thus quoth "Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@kimo.FiXcomTHiS.tw>:
    Dan> 
    Dan> Idea for the next GNU Emacs, perhaps make an optional behaviour: When
    Dan> my cursor is sitting on top of a filename, and I hit C-x C-f
    Dan> find-file, [or dired, etc.], it ought to suggest in the minibuffer
    Dan> that filename perhaps...

emacs comes with a package called ffap (find file at point) that does this

cheers

Klaus

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