From: John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>
To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Calling external programs in emacs
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:21:22 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOj2CQQK8t3gBOZdw75=iBx1pEHNbi+5wzZ4y+UJ7tEeK5fqWg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84ae994b-0052-4416-9b68-e9692a26f7e8@googlegroups.com>
Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 12:23:46 AM UTC+5:30, Sam Nirvana wrote:
> > I'm new to emacs, so forgive my inexperience.
> >
> > As you know, with Vim I can compile, say, a TeX file from within the
> > editor with the following command:
> >
> > :!pdftex %
> >
> > Is there a way to do the same thing with emacs?
>
> Others have already told you about M-! (also to be found on Menu→Tools→Shell Command)
>
> The % trick however does not work OTB in emacs
> Here is some elisp that can help that
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2008-08/msg00482.html
Someone may have already mentioned this, but Emacs's built-in way to
achieve something similar is to type `M-! M-n'. The M-n will cause the
relative file name of the current buffer to be inserted, leaving point
before it.
John
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-18 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-13 18:53 Calling external programs in emacs Sam Nirvana
2017-01-13 20:46 ` tomas
2017-01-13 21:25 ` James K. Lowden
2017-01-13 21:51 ` Joost Kremers
2017-01-13 22:34 ` Dan Espen
2017-01-14 11:44 ` Jens Lechtenboerger
2017-01-18 3:40 ` Rusi
2017-01-18 18:21 ` John Mastro [this message]
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