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 08:29:37 -0800 Message-ID: References: <15109271.post@talk.nabble.com> 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 1201365075 19494 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2008 16:31:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:31:15 +0000 (UTC) To: "shankarrg" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 26 17:31:33 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 1JInwK-0001hs-5P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:31:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JInvt-0005ZB-AP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:31:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JInvd-0005Yw-FJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:30:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JInva-0005Yj-F9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:30:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JInva-0005Yg-Ba for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:30:46 -0500 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JInvZ-00009C-Qq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:30:46 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m0QGUgqO027666; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:30:42 -0600 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 m0QGINVj011881; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:30:42 -0700 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3539352631201364976; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:29:36 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.72.89) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:29:36 -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: <15109271.post@talk.nabble.com> 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:50985 Archived-At: > suppose i need to use the file name which is currently present in buffer > opened before me in emacs .. > now suppose it is a .cpp file say abc.cpp > now to compile this file i have to use ...\g++ abc.cpp > > now instead for putting abc.cpp is there a variable or command which > substitutes itself as the file name in current buffer when used ? ffap.el is one way (but some people find it overbearing). http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/FindFileAtPoint If you use Icicles, you can always use `M-.' to yank the file name (or whatever) that is under the cursor into the minibuffer. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles_-_Inserting_Text_from_Cursor