[EMAIL PROTECTED] írta: > Added experimental universal file selector feature. Globalff can be > used to select a path in any application, not just Emacs. > > It's a bit rough on the edges, but working. > > source code, change log: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/GlobalFF
There were requests for more explanation what this feature is about, so here it is: Using globalff it is easy to select any file on the system by typing some characters in its name provided there is an up to to date locate database. Globalff is so convenient for me that I wanted to use it in other applications too, for example when opening a file in my browser or any other application. Suppose you're in your browser and pressed Ctrl+O to open a file, but don't want to traverse the directories with the clumsy open dialog. Instead you press a global hotkey which invokes emacs (which runs all the time of course) via gnuclient. Eamcs pops up a globalff frame on the screen, you type some characters, select the required file, press ENTER. The popup frame disappears and the selected path is sent to the active application with xte. So convenient and quick file selection can be used in any application, not just emacs. Here you can find some instructions how to set it up if you search for the word "experimental": http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs/globalff.el There are still some problems. - Xte not always sends the path to the active application and I have no idea why (maybe focus problems because of the appearing and disappearing popup frame?). - The original emacs frame (which runs in the background) can't be iconified, because it is raised automatically when the popup frame disappears. _______________________________________________ gnu-emacs-sources mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources
