Re: how to not change the working directory when opening a file

[Francis Moreau]

Hello,

On Jan 15, 2008 9:02 AM, Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> wrote:
> () "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>
> () Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:15:54 +0100
>
>    This is useful when composing an email. I sometime need to
>    include the output of a shell command but this shell command
>    must be executed in the directory where emacs was launched.
>
> you can try something like: emacs --insert /tmp/foo.txt -f text-mode
> alternatively, you can try: emacs -f compose-mail
> and then `C-x i /tmp/foo.txt RET' at a later point.
>

Yes but once I need to really save /tmp/foo.txt after composing my
email, I need to specify /tmp/foo.txt. It's not convenient and foo.txt
is a temporary file so its name is rather complex to remember.

> probably best if you invert your flow to live in emacs, in
> which case you can use `C-u M-! SHELL-COMMAND RET' as needed.

I prefer using mutt as MUA.

Thanks
-- 
Francis