Visiting Files

Bringing a file into emacs is called visiting a file. A visited file is placed in a buffer with the same name as the file (without any directories).

    C-X C-F      Visit a file.  The user is prompted for a file name.
    C-X C-S      Save changes to a file.
    C-X C-W      Write the buffer to a file.  The current buffer is
                 written to a different file.  The user is prompted
                 for a file name.

File Name Prompts

Emacs supports file name completion when entering file names. If you type part of a file name, and then hit SPACE, emacs will fill in the rest of the file name for you. If the name is not unique, it will present a list of possible file names.

The initial file name prompt will be filled in with the current directory name. If this is not satisfactory, you may edit the provided directory name, or use one of the following shortcuts ...

    //      Two slashes forces emacs to start at the root directory.
    ~       A tilde will force emacs to start in your home directory.

If you are connected to a network, try entering "hostname:/dir/filename" (with appropriate replacements for hostname, dir and filename).

Author: Jim Weirich / jweirich@one.net
Last modified: Mon Oct 4 22:44:43 EDT 1999
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