EmacsWiki: Category Files (original) (raw)

Click on the heading to list all pages relevant to files: How to open files, how to open files on remote sites using ftp or other protocols, how to make backup files, etc. See CategoryDirectories for managing files.

• AngeFtp – using ftp in the background to edit remote files
• Annotate – annotate any file and revisit your annotations later
• Anything – find files from various sources (recent files, files found by locate or a desktop search engine, files in the current directory,…)
• ArchiveMode – files inside archives like .arc, .zip, etc
• AutoEncryption – encrypt when loading and saving files
• AutoSave – losing your Emacs session doesn’t mean losing your work. See this page to customize the behavior of files with names like #file#.
• BackupDirectory – Organize your BackupFiles in one place. See this page to customize the behavior of files with names like file~.
• BackupEachSave – a more comprehensive system for saving backups on each buffer saving, as opposed to extending ForceBackups.
• BuffernameTags – decorate buffer names to aid development
• BuffersMisc – misc. things to do to buffers.
• CouchdbDocument – Edit couchdb document.
• DfMode – keep an eye on disk space usage
• do-not-edit.el – read-only from DO NOT EDIT
• DiredMode – the main mode for managing files under Emacs
• DiredPlus – a library which adds extra features and functionality to Dired
• DosToUnix – replace DOS carriage returns with UNIX line feeds
• Everything – Bridge to MS Windows desktop-search engine Everything
• FileFormat – conversions on read/write for certain types or markup
• FileModes – the rwx permissions bits on files
• FileSets – persistent sets of files
• FilesPlus – enhancements to standard library files.el
• FindFileAtPoint – filename (or URL and other things) at point
• FindFilesCommand – do a file find with emacs only functionality
• FindOtherFile – GNU Emacs has this built-in capability for finding related files (e.g. C/C++ header files)
• ForceBackups – Force backups for each save. Good with version-control.
• GlobalFF – find and open any file on your system regardless of where it is
• Gpicker – quickly pick a file in project by typing just few characters of it’s name
• GtkFileChooser – How to use the Gtk file chooser (as opposed to selector) dialog.
• HoboMode – secure, remote editing via ‘scp’
• Icicles – use minibuffer regexp completion and completion-candidate cycling to navigate and perform operations on files anywhere in your file system
• Journal – in a user-specified directory create and visit a file whose name is fashioned after the current date, e.g., 2007-09-04-Tue.html. Other time functions: yesterday inserts yesterday’s date into current buffer; tomorrow inserts tomorrow’s date; and other. Together these are handy for keeping a diary for work or personal use.
• LocalVariables – variables changed local to files, automatically when you open the files
• LocateFilesAnywhere – find files anywhere on your system
• LockFiles – how Emacs can tell if you’re editing the same file as another Emacs. See this page for information on customizing the behavior of files with names like .#file.
• LustyExplorer – Dynamic filesystem explorer and buffer switcher
• OpenFilesInDifferentWays – different ways to find and open files
• OrgAnnotateFile – annotate a file with org syntax
• protect-files.el – read-only for selected directories and whole trees
• RevertBuffer – Restore buffer contents from the file system
• SaveAsHtml – save a buffer as HTML
• ShadowFile – having several copies of files that have to be kept in sync.
• SudoSave – perform file saves using ‘sudo’ to temporarily change permissions
• TrampMode – using ‘scp’/‘ssh’ and a plethora of other protocols to edit remote files
• Unicad – Universal Charset Auto Detector – automatically detect file coding-system
• uniquify – give more useful buffer names for similarly named files than ‘generate-new-buffer-name’ does (like `file<1>’)
• UsePackage – describe the downloading and configuration of a package, with a remote autoload-like mechanism that can unpack tarballs
• Lisp:arview.el – extract and view archives in the temporary directory