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I would like to call a function (find-file) interactively and then set the initial content of the mini buffer to my server's home folder. I got as far as using call-interactively, but after that I'm lost. Any suggestions?

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find-file uses the buffer-local default-directory value as the default filename (see also find-file-read-args), so all you need to do is bind that value for the scope of the call to find-file:

(let ((default-directory "/home/"))
  (call-interactively 'find-file))
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  • Great! For reference is there any generic way to insert text into the mini-buffer programmatically when calling a function interactively?
    – Eric Egan
    Dec 29, 2017 at 15:30
  • Not sure if this is the best method, but you could wrap the function that you are calling in your own interactive function, creating the prompt yourself (with read-string, for example). See this answer for an example.
    – 0x5453
    Dec 29, 2017 at 16:03
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    OP: The question you pose in your comment is the one posed here. The question about find-file inserting a directory name is a special case, which can be taken care of as @phils said. For that solution, however, be sure to have option insert-default-directory be non-nil (which it is by default). Otherwise, you can insert the directory into the minibuffer interactively, using M-n.
    – Drew
    Dec 29, 2017 at 18:05

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