[யூடியூப் நிகழ்படம்] project.el | KanchiLUG | Tamil

Topic: Emacs -
Description:
Handling projects (Version controlled projects) in emacs
using the inbuilt project.el.
Duration: 45 mins
Speaker Name: Thanga Ayyanar @ Gold Ayan
About Speaker: Just a curious linux kid :stuck_out_tongue:

Notes

#+title: Emacs project.el

* What is project.el
- A project is a collection of files used for producing one or more programs.
- Root directory of project is determined by ~project back-end~
  - VC (Version control)-aware
    - ~project-vc-include-untracked~ to include/exclude untracked file
  - Emacs Development Environment (Deadlink)
  - expanded in future or we can create our own.
* Options
- C-x p p : Switch between projects
- C-x p f : Find file in the project
- C-x p d : Open dired in project root directory
- C-x p v : Open VC in project root directory
- C-x p c : Execute command in project root directory
- C-x p ! : Shell command executed from current project root directory
- C-x p s : Open shell in project root directory
- Not covered
  - Project async shell command execution
  - Project search related commands
  - Project wide find and replace
** Buffers
- C-x p b   : switch to another file in current project
- C-x p C-b : List project buffers
- C-x p k   : kill all live buffer belong to the project

* Where the projects data are showed ?
- check ~project-list-file~ variable
- M-x project-forgot-project

* Bonus - Dir local variable
- M-x add-dir-local-variable

* Reference
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Projects.html