If you’ve been around Emacs for a while, you probably know that Emacs has you covered if you call find-file (Ctrl+x Ctrl+f) and specify a path with a missing directory. You simply get asked if you want to create the missing directory and give your assent with a simple Return Return.
That’s pretty simple and convenient but Bozhidar Batsov is committed to eliminating as much friction as possible and doesn’t want to have to do anything to create those missing directories. He just wants it to happen. Of course, being Batsov, he made it happen. It turns out to be pretty easy and he gives two solutions for doing it.
Almost every time I get the missing directory error it’s because I mistyped the path. That means that automating the creation of missing directories would almost always be a fail for me. But that’s me. Others, like Batsov, view it as a win. If you fall on Batsov’s side of the question, take a look at his post to see how easy it is to do.
The final, obvious, oft repeated, but mandatory observation is how easy Emacs makes it to fine tune it to each individual user’s workflow.