Can I move text from another application to the current Emacs buffer?

Question

I want to create a command line application that can be used as follows:

$push_to_emacs_buffer "some text"

Then the current current Emacs will add some textto the current active buffer.

Any idea on how to achieve this?

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Tomcaps Jun 06 '12 at 7:31

1 answer

huaiyuan · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-06T09:11:53+0000

Try

emacsclient -e '(with-current-buffer (window-buffer (selected-window)) (insert "some text"))'

On Linux, push-to-emacs-bufferit can be implemented as follows:

#!/bin/sh

emacsclient -e "(with-current-buffer (window-buffer (selected-window)) \
                  (insert \"$@\"))"