On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:13 AM Marcin Borkowski <
address@hidden> wrote:
Hi all,
from time to time I have a need to insert the current directory name
somewhere. Some time ago, I submitted a bug report suggesting that C-u
M-x pwd could insert the current dir at point. Someone made that patch
a few years ago, and that is great. However, it is not enough:
sometimes I want to be able to yank this dir to some other application
(usually the terminal - I want to cd to that dir). I made a simple
patch that makes `pwd' copy the current dir to the kill ring (and - by
default - to the system clipboard) if prefixed with C-u C-u. I attach
the patch. WDYT?
I wouldn't even mind copying the default-directory to kill ring by default. Then you don't need C-u C-u.
- M-x pwd would show the pwd and *also copy it to kill-ring*.
- C-u M-x pwd will only insert the pwd at point (as before).
If someone did M-x pwd to know the current directory, most likely they would consider it harmless to save that kill-ring too. And if they didn't intend to do that, it doesn't hurt.. you always have M-y by your side :)
What do you and others think of this?
As a side, in your patch:
> + "Show the current default directory. With \\[universal-argument], insert
> +the current default directory at point instead. With \\[universal-argument] \\[universal-argument],
M-x checkdoc would fail there.. the first visual line in a doc-string must be a complete sentence and end in a full-stop. In your patch, the first visual line is incomplete (ends in ", insert"). The older version, the one your patch is based on, did it correctly:
> - "Show the current default directory.
> -With prefix argument INSERT, insert the current default directory