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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: GNU Emacs users list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Get current buffer name from command line?
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:32:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140813133234.6805a417@aga-netbook> (raw)

Hello,

this is not something I really need, but I was wondering whether I can
get the (name of) the current buffer from command line?  Here is an
interesting exchange I had with Eshell ("*GNU Emacs*" being the
*other* buffer):

Welcome to the Emacs shell

~ $ emacsclient -e "(current-buffer)"
#<buffer  *server*>
~ $ emacsclient -e "(other-buffer)"
#<buffer *GNU Emacs*>
~ $ emacsclient -e "(progn (bury-buffer) (current-buffer))"
#<buffer  *server*>
~ $ emacsclient -e "(progn (kill-buffer) (current-buffer))"
#<buffer *GNU Emacs*>
~ $ emacsclient -e "(progn (kill-buffer) (other-buffer))"
#<buffer *GNU Emacs*>
~ $ 

I looked into both the Emacs manual and the Elisp manual, but found
nothing to explain this behavior (I expected to see #<buffer *eshell*>
at least once...)

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
room B3-46, phone no +48 61 829 5375
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University



             reply	other threads:[~2014-08-13 11:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-13 11:32 Marcin Borkowski [this message]
2014-08-13 12:23 ` Get current buffer name from command line? Stefan Monnier
2014-08-13 20:49   ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-08-13 21:40     ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-13 22:08       ` Marcin Borkowski

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