From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: insert-file-or-buffer Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:27:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <873b6zo7oc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167432440 27752 80.91.229.10 (29 Dec 2006 22:47:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:47:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org, Miles Bader Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 29 23:47:18 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H0QVP-0000LB-4r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:47:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0QVO-0008Qo-O7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:47:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0MSC-0000LT-8M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:27:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H0MSA-0000Kj-Tb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:27:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H0MSA-0000Ka-GT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:27:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H0MS6-0001YK-HC; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:27:34 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D3D78A0030; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:27:27 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri\, 29 Dec 2006 13\:28\:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:46:57 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15497 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Miles Bader >> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:41:07 +0900 >> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org >> >> Dan Jacobson writes: >> > insert-file is nice and insert-buffer is nice but what would be nicer >> > is a combined insert-file-or-buffer that somehow detects what to do >> > and how best to handle completions. That way we don't have to think, >> > not that we ever did. >> >> Even better would be "insert-stuff" which automatically figures out >> "what to do", and inserts something appropriate. > > I suggest a better name: "insert-dwim". Try this: (require 'esp) M-x esp-insert RET If you concentrate really hard, it may work. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk