Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!wanginst!ardis From: ardis@wanginst.EDU (Mark A. Ardis) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: notion of current directory (GNUemacs) Message-ID: <691@wanginst.EDU> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 10:25:15 EST Article-I.D.: wanginst.691 Posted: Thu Jan 8 10:25:15 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Jan-87 21:34:30 EST References: <23621@rochester.ARPA> Reply-To: ardis@wanginst.UUCP (Mark A. Ardis) Organization: Wang Institute of Graduate Studies Lines: 26 >... Lots of times I want to find a file >in the current directory, namely the one in which I fired up emacs in the >first place... >...What I really >want to do is find out what the current directory is - I don't care about >find-file.... You might find it useful to have a shell window active, so that you can list the files in *its* current directory. Try using some of the following when appropriate: M-x shell (To create a shell window.) ^X 4 f file-name (To visit the file in another window.) ^X 4 b *shell* (To get the shell window back if it is not present.) ^X 1 (To delete other windows.) ^X 0 (To delete the current window.) I usually fire up a shell in the morning and keep it active all day long. I change directory from the *shell* buffer with "cd" whenever my focus of attention changes. That way, I can use "ls" and "grep", etc. to look for files. Invoking "find-file" from the *shell* buffer will give you the prefix you expect. -- Mark A. Ardis ardis%wanginst@CSNet-Relay (CSNet) Wang Institute of Graduate Studies ...!decvax!wanginst!ardis (UUCP) Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731