On Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 03:51:37PM +0000, Chris Green wrote: > I'm sure this should be obvious but at the moment it's not obvious to > me! :-) > > I want to do something like the following:- > > map #9 :e `pdf $cfilname`^M > > However the above doesn't work, $cfilname is null in the above > context. How can I get the current file's name in this sort of place?
rather than map, doing a bind (to a stored macro) would work.
#9 is treated as function-key 9, and by default is bound to the name
execute-macro-9 (seen using describe-key):
"execute-macro-9" #-9
untested (does pdf echo the name of the file? - I checked with just "echo"),
but to give some idea how to organize it:
9 store-macro
" make a buffer to get the output of pdf
kill-buffer pdf-output
edit-file &cat "!pdf " $pathname
rename-buffer pdf-output
" cursor is at the beginning of the line; open that file
find-file $pathname
" dispose of the temporary buffer
kill-buffer pdf-output
~endm
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