https://github.com/pivaldi/nefle

Emacs package to search the nearest file from a given file-system location
https://github.com/pivaldi/nefle

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Emacs package to search the nearest file from a given file-system location

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pivaldi/nefle
• Owner: pivaldi
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2024-09-11T17:31:58.000Z (2 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-12T01:13:37.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-12T10:55:09.404Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Size: 20.5 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.org
  • License: LICENSE

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#+title: NeFle

[[https://github.com/pivaldi/nefle][NeFle]] is an Emacs package to search the

"nearest" file from a given file-system location.

* Feature

- ~(nefle-get-up-dir-containing-file "plop.txt")~ returns the first directory

  containing the file =plop.txt= traversing up the directory +tree+ from the

  default directory to the root directory.

- ~(nefle-get-up-dir-containing-file "plop.txt" "/from/this/dir/")~ the same behavior

  of previous but starting from the directory =/from/this/dir/=.

- ~(nefle-get-up-dir-containing-file "plop.txt" "/from/this/dir/" "/form")~ the same

  behavior of previous but stop searching above =/from/=.

If called interactively, ask for the file-name to search and, if found, open the

first directory containing the file.

* Example of Usage

** Compiling with upward Makefile

Key binding for compiling from any sub-directory relative to an

upward Makefile.

#+begin_src lisp

(global-set-key

 [f9] (lambda ()

        (interactive)

        (compile

         (format "make -f %sMakefile"

                 (nefle-get-up-dir-containing-file "Makefile")))))

#+end_src

* TODO Todo

- Write the same feature traversing up all the directories' tree.

- Write the same feature for the "nearest" downward file.

- Sugar function to return a file instead of a directory.

- Function that admit a numeric parameter "max up level" instead of a directory.