@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ in the project so I could quickly navigate between them. It got old to reopen a few dozen files in a few directories manually. NOTE: + This is very limited in functionality right now, I'm just getting it out so people can try it out and give feedback. I have some plans (see notes.org) for the future that essentially require a re-write of @@ -21,44 +22,45 @@ I assume you have a basic understanding of Emacs and configuring it; I hope to be more newbie friendly in a later version. To use: -- Add the directory where you put these files to the emacs load path. -- (require 'metaproject) + - Add the directory where you put these files to the emacs load path. + + - (require 'metaproject) -- For what will be optional functionality in the future (as it - requires ido), but required to open projects now, you need to - customize or set the metaproject-project-dirs variable. + - For what will be optional functionality in the future (as it + requires ido), but required to open projects now, you need to + customize or set the metaproject-project-dirs variable. - M-x customize-variable metaproject-project-dirs + M-x customize-variable metaproject-project-dirs -- Create a .metaproject file for your project. It is an emacs lisp - file containing a plist, with only property supported right now -- - the files property. Its value is a list of relative pathnames for - the files that belong to the project. The pathnames are relative to - the top-level directory, the directory in which the .metaproject - file is in. + - Create a .metaproject file for your project. It is an emacs lisp + file containing a plist, with only property supported right now -- + the files property. Its value is a list of relative pathnames for + the files that belong to the project. The pathnames are relative to + the top-level directory, the directory in which the .metaproject + file is in. - See the .metaproject file included with the source for an example. - I hand created it by doing a find command, piping it to a file, and - then using some keyboard macros to translate it into what I wanted. + See the .metaproject file included with the source for an example. + I hand created it by doing a find command, piping it to a file, and + then using some keyboard macros to translate it into what I wanted. -- To open a project, run: + - To open a project, run: - M-x metaproject-open-ido + M-x metaproject-open-ido - select the directory that is the project that you wish to open. - This works like any ido prompt for those familiar with it. I'll - provide an interactive means of opening up projects without ido in - the next version. + select the directory that is the project that you wish to open. + This works like any ido prompt for those familiar with it. I'll + provide an interactive means of opening up projects without ido in + the next version. - This opens up all of the files associated with the project, or - associates them with the project if they are already open in a - buffer. + This opens up all of the files associated with the project, or + associates them with the project if they are already open in a + buffer. -- To close a project, switch to the corresponding .metaproject buffer - and kill it. It will prompt you if you wish to close the project - and then if you wish to close all of the associated files. In the - next version there will be other means to close a project. + - To close a project, switch to the corresponding .metaproject buffer + and kill it. It will prompt you if you wish to close the project + and then if you wish to close all of the associated files. In the + next version there will be other means to close a project. That's it for now. I'm open to comments on the code, as this is my README.markdown 76dcf67ad22f222a9a5c8510d151ccec58eb5b94 Travis B. Hartwell nafai@travishartwell.net http://github.com/Nafai77/metaproject/commit/4443751785e9b002fde3b15b7bdb38bb1ab84c96 4443751785e9b002fde3b15b7bdb38bb1ab84c96 2009-05-07T17:50:27-07:00 2009-05-07T17:50:27-07:00 Reformating 86340cfc42bdb55264e0c27b4323fde686f00fb3 Travis B. Hartwell nafai@travishartwell.net