From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'LanX'" <lanx.perl@googlemail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: command/key to insert word at point in minibuffer
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:31:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <844F207DACFF45D28A0C184B98CE1DFD@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d8367ca9-1c41-4988-bf53-2ef569dea2ea@y21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
> This is more kind of a usability interface question, I find it hard
> to remember all the different methods to capture the word-at-point
> when I need it as a parameter in the minibuffer.
>
> For instance instead of C-x C-f I have to type M-x ffap and so on.
>
> Using incremental search I have the possibility to use C-w after C-s,
> BUT it only inserts the rest of the word from the point onward.
>
> Is it possible to define a general keybinding which always inserts the
> whole word-at-point from the last buffer from where I invoked the
> minibuffer?
>
> It would be much easier just to remember this one command and I often
> already automatically invoked C-x C-f when I find out that ffap would
> have been smarter.
>
> With this command I wouldn't always need to leave again with C-g and
> start M-x ffap.
> any help appreciated
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Inserting_Text_from_Cursor
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2009-10-17 1:48 command/key to insert word at point in minibuffer LanX
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