Emacs: Bookmark

Emacs's Bookmarks is similar to browser's bookmark. It lets you easily open frequently needed files.

Add a Item to Bookmark

bookmark-set 【Ctrl+x r m】

Add current buffer to bookmark. It will prompt you for a name. Bookmark can be a file or a directory.

List Bookmark Items

list-bookmarks 【Ctrl+x r l】

Open the bookmark list.

Open a Item in Bookmark

bookmark-jump 【Ctrl+x r b】

Open a bookmarked file. Be sure to turn on fido-vertical-mode for flex matching. [see Emacs: icomplete mode, fido mode]

Remove/Rename a Bookmark Item

First, Alt+x list-bookmarks to go into bookmark-bmenu-mode , then

• Type d to mark the current item for remove.
• Type x to remove all D marked ones.
• Type r to rename current item's title.
• Type s to save the change.

Save Bookmark File

Alt+x bookmark-save to save the bookmark file. (Press s while in bookmark file)

Bookmarks are automatically saved when emacs quit. (Emacs 24.4 (released 2014-10))

You can control bookmark auto save behavior by bookmark-save-flag.

put this in your Emacs Init File:

;; when bookmark is changed, automatically save it
(setq bookmark-save-flag 1)

Open Bookmark File on Emacs Start

put this in your Emacs Init File:

(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(require 'bookmark)
(list-bookmarks)
(switch-to-buffer "*Bookmark List*")

Bookmark File Location

bookmark-default-file

variable. Value is Bookmark file path. [see Emacs: Show Variable Value]

• In emacs 24.x, bookmark file is at ~/.emacs.d/bookmarks.
• In emacs 23.x, bookmark file is at ~/.emacs.bmk.

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