From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: subsitute for current file name in buffer in emacs Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:58:03 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87tzl0imnl.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201366780 24327 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2008 16:59:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:59:40 +0000 (UTC) To: "Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 26 18:00:00 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JIoNl-0001po-Bc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:59:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIoNK-00010O-UN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIoMy-0000wH-M8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JIoMx-0000vc-9v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JIoMx-0000vY-0n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JIoMw-0006l8-Fp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m0QGx06Z031125; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:59:00 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m0QGINWP011881; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:58:59 -0700 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3539360171201366682; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:58:02 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.72.89) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:58:01 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <87tzl0imnl.fsf@gnu.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50987 Archived-At: > > now instead for putting abc.cpp is there a variable or command which > > substitutes itself as the file name in current buffer when used ? > > Try evaluating this: > (file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name)) Sorry, I misread the question. Yes, `buffer-file-name' is what you want, if you want the name of the current buffer's file. I mistakenly thought you wanted to use a file name that is text in some buffer.