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Re: insert-file-name-into-minibuffer
From: |
Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: insert-file-name-into-minibuffer |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Feb 2019 22:38:53 +0100 |
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mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 |
On 2019-02-09, at 22:30, Alexander Klimov <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> > It is quite common to insert the name of the current file into the
>> > argument of shell-command or compile command (both use
>> > read-shell-command). I wonder what it the preferred way to do it?
>>
>> Doesn't M-n in the minibuffer already do that?
>
> Thanks, never knew it works in read-shell-command this way!
>
> OTOH, next-history-element replaces the whole line even if one
> already typed `gcc ...' and does not allow to insert the file name
> with full path.
>
> Speaking of buffer file names, probably there should also be a more
> direct way to copy the full path of the current file than C-x C-f M-n
> C-S-backspace.
Not entirely what you're looking for, but are you aware of `w', `C-u w'
and `C-u 0 w' in Dired?
Hth,
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Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
Re: insert-file-name-into-minibuffer, Marcin Borkowski, 2019/02/17