Re: emacs equivalent of vi %

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Rustom Mody wrote:
> Thanks folks!  Heres the code I have:
>
> (define-key minibuffer-local-map "%" 'percentsub)
> (defun percentsub ()
>   (interactive)
>   (insert (file-name-nondirectory
>            (buffer-file-name
>             (window-buffer (minibuffer-selected-window))))))
>
> Prior to Lennarts suggestion I had hacked together
> (cadr (buffer-list))
> in place of the last line which was of course quite unacceptable
>
> Any further suggested improvements?  I guess this is going to fail in
> some cases when theres no filename...

If you want to add it just to the ":" prompt:

(eval-after-load 'viper-keym
  '(define-key viper-ex-cmd-map [?%] 'percentsub))

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Lennart Borgman (gmail)
> <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Nikolaj Schumacher wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Maybe minibuffer-selected-window + window-buffer?