emacs: search for part of a filename

Question

In eclipse (with the emacs keys) i hit ctrl-x-ctrl-f and it searches for filenames containing the word I type. what is the equivalent emacs feature emacs feature?

Answer 1

You have to press Tab to display list of files matching your search, it's like auto-completion in bash.

Edit: of course after pressing ctrl-x ctrl-f

Answer 2

This might help a little: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TextMate

Answer 3

You can autocomplete filenames in the current directory with TAB, but it sounds a little like you are wanting some kind of project management (to find all matching files belonging to a pre-defined project, not just in the current directory).

Is that the case? (If not, which files do you want to search?)

M-x find-dired is useful for running arbitrary find commands from the current (or specified) directory.

Answer 4

You might try find-file-in-project + ido-mode.

Answer 5

You probably want ido mode with flex matching:

(ido-mode t)
(setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)