Re: open file listed in a text file

[Suvayu Ali]

On Thursday 11 February 2010 01:21 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> On Thursday 11 February 2010 12:04 AM, Chitlesh Goorah wrote:
> > On Feb 10, 12:01 am, Suvayu Ali<fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I don't understand your problem, I just tried the same thing with a
> > > custom environment variable, and it worked.
> > >
> > > `M-! file $ROOTSYS/build/version_number RET'
> > >
> > > returns,
> > >
> > > /home/suvayu/root/build/version_number: ASCII text
> > >
> > > `M-x ffap' prompts me for,
> > >
> > > Find file or URL: ~/root/build/version_number
> >
> > What I want is that when the cursor is on the path of a file (in a
> > file), I would like to open that particular file with a keyboard
> > shortcut.
>
> I did the exact same thing! I put this `$ROOTSYS/build/version_number'
> in the *scratch* buffer and executed `M-x ffap'. I mention this in my
> previous message.

I think what Andreas mentioned in a previous post is of importance. 
Emacs is not understanding that ${var} or $(var) or $var are the same 
thing. I repeated my experiment again, I noticed `M-x ffap' works only 
when I use the $var construct in the buffer. Maybe you can write a 
function that translates your preferred construct to $var and calls ffap 
with that modified string?

I hope this helps.
--
Suvayu

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