Re: selected word as parameter to function

[Xah]

On Nov 3, 11:11 am, Rodrigo Canellas <rodrigo.canel...@tqtvd.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a function that would execute:
>
> grep -nH -R --include="*.cpp" --include="*.h" --include ="*.c" -e
> "'selected-word'" .
>
> Where 'selected-word' would be the word where the cursor is at (or below?).

easy.

your task is few parts:

• how to get the current word as a string.
• how to call a shell command.

this gets you the current sting
(setq myWord (thing-at-point 'symbol))

this calls shell:
(shell-command cmd-str)

assuming you know the basic of elisp, how to define a function, join
strings, set variables, etc.

for more detail, you can see:
http://xahlee.org/emacs/elisp_run_current_file.html

  Xah
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