From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: find-file-noselect
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:48:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvipbzalct.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.7829.1346346933.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> (save-excursion
> (let ((foo (get-buffer (find-file-noselect "/home/drain/foo.org"))))
> (set-buffer foo)
> (insert "test operation")))
To clarify: in the above, find-file-noselect returns a buffer, so
`get-buffer' just returns its argument. And save-excursion + set-buffer
is better replaced by with-current-buffer. All in all:
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "/home/drain/foo.org")
(insert "test operation"))
> I want to open a shell buffer, but do not want to select it (so I stay in
> the current buffer). Just like the above, but with the shell instead of
> foo.org.
find-file-noselect re-uses an existing buffer (if there is one). So if
you want the equivalent for a shell-style buffer, you could try
(with-current-buffer
(or (get-buffer "*shell*")
(make-comint-in-buffer "shell" nil "/bin/bash"))
(unless (derived-mode-p 'comint-mode) (shell-mode))
(insert "test operation"))
-- Stefan
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2012-08-31 1:48 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-08-30 17:15 find-file-noselect drain
2012-08-30 21:12 ` find-file-noselect Doug Lewan
2012-08-30 21:14 ` find-file-noselect Doug Lewan
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