Comments on: Emacs Tip: A Key to open the Current Folder in Windows http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/ Representing Anti-Monotonistic Tendencies Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: numericalexample.com http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-93192 numericalexample.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:05:16 +0000 http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-93192 <p>This function returned 'nil'. So I added the following to my emacs file: (defun w32-shell-dos-semantics() t) Now it does exactly what I want when I execute the explorer command from an emacs buffer containing a file.</p> <p>The error I got before seems to occur only when I execute the explorer command from a Dired buffer or from a cygwin shell.</p> <p>Another way of quickly browsing a folder when editing an emacs buffer is just pressing "ctrl-x ctrl-f return". But this does not help us when we want to open a file that can not be opened in emacs such as a pdf.</p> This function returned ‘nil’. So I added the following to my emacs file: (defun w32-shell-dos-semantics() t) Now it does exactly what I want when I execute the explorer command from an emacs buffer containing a file.

The error I got before seems to occur only when I execute the explorer command from a Dired buffer or from a cygwin shell.

Another way of quickly browsing a folder when editing an emacs buffer is just pressing “ctrl-x ctrl-f return”. But this does not help us when we want to open a file that can not be opened in emacs such as a pdf.

]]> By: Arun bhai http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-92663 Arun bhai Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:32:40 +0000 http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-92663 <p>@numericalexample.com:</p> <p>I am not able to reproduce this problem. Can you have a look at your <a href="http://osdir.com/ml/emacs.windows/2003-09/msg00039.html" rel="nofollow">w32-shell-dos-semantics </a> ? Maybe it will solve your issue.</p> @numericalexample.com:

I am not able to reproduce this problem. Can you have a look at your w32-shell-dos-semantics ? Maybe it will solve your issue.

]]> By: numericalexample.com http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-92640 numericalexample.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:18:25 +0000 http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-92640 <p>This is extremely useful for me. Unfortunately I can't get it working. The error message is: "convert-standard-filename: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" (in the <em>Messages</em> buffer).</p> <p>By the way I rather would like explorer to open the current directory (belonging to the current buffer) than the current file.</p> <p>If I evaluate the following in the <em>Scratch</em> buffer: (setq fname-temp (convert-standard-filename "f:/numericalexamplecom/.emacs")) then the value of fname-temp becomes "f:/numericalexamplecom/.emacs" so convert-standard-filename does not convert forward slashes into backward slashes either.</p> This is extremely useful for me. Unfortunately I can’t get it working. The error message is: “convert-standard-filename: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil” (in the Messages buffer).

By the way I rather would like explorer to open the current directory (belonging to the current buffer) than the current file.

If I evaluate the following in the Scratch buffer: (setq fname-temp (convert-standard-filename “f:/numericalexamplecom/.emacs”)) then the value of fname-temp becomes “f:/numericalexamplecom/.emacs” so convert-standard-filename does not convert forward slashes into backward slashes either.

]]> By: Lennart http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-91726 Lennart Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:06:52 +0000 http://www.arunrocks.com/blog/archives/2008/06/10/emacs-tip-a-key-to-open-the-current-folder-in-windows/#comment-91726 <p>You can find some more of this kind in Emacs+EmacsW32.</p> You can find some more of this kind in Emacs+EmacsW32.

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