Getting ido mode functionality similar to dired-at-point in emacs

Question

I like using ido mode in emacs and the listing of directories with C-x C-d which runs ido-list-directory. Is there a command to enable ido-mode operation but at the current point like dired-at-point. I use this quite often but would prefer to use something like ido-dired-at-point.

Didn't know if this was already implemented and I just couldn't find it in the documentation or if it is easy to implement.

Answer 1

Looks like ido-list-directory is used for interactive completion of list-directory. So, if the thing at point is a filename, rather than use ido, using list-directory directly should achieve the same end result.

How about something like this:

(defun ido-ffap-list-directory ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((fap (ffap-guess-file-name-at-point)))
    (if fap
        (list-directory (file-name-directory fap))
      (ido-list-directory))))

EDIT:

or, if you want confirmation for the directory @ point (only for a C-u prefix) replace the list-directory sexp above with something like this:

(defun ido-ffap-list-directory (&optional arg)
  (interactive "P")
  (let ((fap (ffap-guess-file-name-at-point)))
    (if (null fap)
        (ido-list-directory)
      (if arg
          (list-directory 
           (ido-read-directory-name "Directory: "
                                    (file-name-directory fap)))
        (list-directory (file-name-directory fap))))))

Answer 2

(setq ido-use-filename-at-point 'guess)