"Mikhail Titov" <m...@gmx.us> writes:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+mlt=gmx...@gnu.org [mailto:emacs-orgmode-
>> bounces+mlt=gmx...@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Mikhail Titov
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 6:06 PM
>> To: 'Eric Schulte'
>> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: [O] [babel] session initialization (was RE: python/babel
> inline
>> images)
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> How would I reliably refer to the org doc buffer from where everything was
>> called? The following works just fine in session initialization code for
>> Matlab but not for Octave
>> 
>> (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name (other-buffer)))
>> 
>> At this point, (current-buffer) refers to the one with inferior process.
>
> So I ended up using the following in session initialization for inferior
> process to get a current folder of a document from where calculations
> initiated
>
> (file-name-directory
>    (car (delq nil (mapcar #'buffer-file-name (buffer-list)))))
>
> It works. But I have a feeling that it is not a reliable method. Any
> suggestions?
>

I would recommend using the `default-directory' variable.  That should
hold the value of the directory of the Org-mode file or the value of the
:dir header argument if present.

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte

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