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How to prevent Emacs from translating beginning of file path into "~"?
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MBR |
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How to prevent Emacs from translating beginning of file path into "~"? |
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Fri, 10 Apr 2015 03:02:09 -0400 |
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The Emacs command ^x-^f (find-file) fills the mini-buffer with the full
path to the current directory and then waits for you to type the
filename. I often I find it a useful way to copy the current directory
to the system's clipboard so I can paste the path into some other
application. For example, in Emacs I'll type:
^x-^f (put path to current directory into mini-buffer)
^a (go to beginning of line)
^k (kill from beginning to end of mini-buffer, with the
side effect of putting that string into the system clipboard)
^g (cancel out of mini-buffer)
At this point I can paste the path into any non-Emacs application by
typing CMD-v (in OS-X) or CTRL-v (in Windows or Linux).
But there's a problem. Current versions of Emacs (I'm currently running
Emacs 24.3.1 under OS-X) try to be smart and replace the beginning of
the path with "~" if it matches the logged in user's home directory.
Unfortunately, some applications don't understand paths that begin with "~".
Is it possible to configure Emacs to put the full path (beginning with
"/") into the mini-buffer, rather than just the path from the home
directory (beginning with "~")?
Mark Rosenthal
mbr@arlsoft.com
- How to prevent Emacs from translating beginning of file path into "~"?,
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Re: How to prevent Emacs from translating beginning of file path into "~"?, Stefan Monnier, 2015/04/10