Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

[Kevin Rodgers]

F. Chen wrote:

> I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g.
> alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so everytime
> I want to open a file in that directory but from a different location,
> I can do something along the line of C-x C-f type wd, then file name.

M-: (setenv "wd" "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress")
C-x C-f $wd TAB

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Kevin Rodgers