Re: emacs equivalent of vi %

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Nikolaj Schumacher <n_schumacher@web.de> wrote:

> "Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bind the character '%' to
>> (file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name))
>
> Also, note that you'll need to make an interactive function out of the
> form to bind it to a key.

Oups, that's not all...
It won't work, because `buffer-file-name' will of course return the
minibuffer's file name (i.e. none).  I'm currently not aware of an easy
way to get the originating buffer from the minibuffer.  Sorry.

regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher