Find here the source for do-at-point.el and the command do-at-point,
that uses thing-at-point to cycle through various "things" to select
and then dispatch appropriate actions on these selections.
See also Omar Antolín Camarena's Embark package, which provides a more feature-full implementation of the same concept, with am emphasis on interacting with the minibuffer.
Do-at-point.el is avaliable from GNU ELPA. It can be installed by invoking
M-x package-install RET do-at-point RET
The main and presently only entry point for this package is the
autoloaded do-at-point command itself. Bind it to a convenient key,
for example
(global-set-key (kbd "C-'") #'do-at-point)
There are some options that users may configure. After having have
loaded the package consult M-x apropos-user-option RET do-at-point- RET for an overview.
As do-at-point.el is distributed as part of GNU ELPA, and therefore requires a copyright assignment to the FSF, for all non-trivial code contributions.
Do-at-point.el is developed on Codeberg.
Bugs, patches, comments or questions can be submitted via Codeberg's issue system or by sending me an email.
Do-at-point.el and all other source files in this directory are distributed under the GNU Public License, Version 3 (like Emacs itself).