Essentials of the Emacs Package Bookmark Plus

C-x-r-m
C-x-r-l

• 8 libraries one must download + 4 optional libraries.
  
• Can be downloaded here: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BookmarkPlus#h5o-51 from EmacsWiki
  

• Add this to init.el
  

  (add-to-list 'load-path "c:/red/.emacs.d/pack/bookmark+")
  (require 'bookmark+)
  

  • The files must then be byte-compiled after loading the source files
    
  • Note: one must load bookmark+-mac.el before we byte-compile
    
  • C-u M-x byte-recompile-directory
    
• One can check from time to time for any recent changes to the libraries by visiting this link:
  

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs?action=rc;match=%5C.%28el%7Ctar%29%28%5C.gz%29%3F%24;from=1117497600;showedit=1

• One must set a default bookmark file to store one's bookmarks
  The variable bookmark-default-file allows you to set that file. This must be done at the start before you use bookmark+
  

• Basically bookmark anything, not just files: directories, regions, URLs, snippets, Dired buffers, Functions, occur results, even Bookmark files
  
• Can access your bookmarks from anywhere C-x j j
  
• Different types of bookmarks coloured differently
  e.g. test.org
  
• Add tags to bookmarks and files, You can sort, show/hide, or mark bookmarks based on their tags.
  
• Add annotations to bookmarks
  
• Bookmarks can be arranged by frequency, tags, last use, etc.
  
• Bookmark a region of text
  
• Create snippets of text to be inserted later
  
• If you change the location to your bookmarks these are relocated better
  
• To bookmark a URL bmkp-url-target-setd
  

• Bookmark list C-x x e
  
• Create Bookmark C-x x m
  

Some basic keys you can use anywhere:
Bookmark the file you are editing: C-x x m
Jump to a bookmark: C-x j j
Tag a file (creates an autofile bookmark): C-x x t + a=
List/edit your bookmarks: C-x x e OR C-x r l

Some keys you can use when in your bookmarks list:
Add/remove some tags to/from a bookmark: T + AND T -
Mark the bookmarks that have particular tags: T m +
Unmark all bookmarks: M-DEL OR S-U
Toggle marked/unmarked bookmarks: t
Dired the marked bookmarks: M-d >
Then you can,
Bookmark the Dired directory C-x r m

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BookmarkPlus#h5o-51

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