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Symbolic link starting with .#
I have a symlink in one of my directories that has the following name:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 XXXX ZZZ 37 Jan 15 18:18 .#perl.org -> XXX@YYY.com.2980:1344441539
I am wondering what this symlink ...
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Emacs' file extension recognition
How do I get Emacs to recognize new file extensions? For example if I have a .c file and I open it in Emacs, I get the correct syntax highlighting for C, but if I have a .bob file format (which I know ...
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Open files in emacs by filename instead of complete path
Assume I have a bunch of directories and can guarantee that no two directories have a common filename (i.e. if foo/bar exists, then bar doesn't exist in any of the other directories). How can I setup ...
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Is there a user interface in Emacs allowing one to “grab” the buffer's filename conveniently?
It happens quite often that I want to use the path of the file opened in a certain buffer in Emacs (either the full path or the basename) in another place (a buffer or a different X program, say, a ...
