* elisp - inserting block of text
@ 2010-12-01 8:36 Gary
2010-12-01 16:22 ` Tassilo Horn
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From: Gary @ 2010-12-01 8:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
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What function(s) do I need to use in order to insert some text, please?
I know about 'insert', but am wondering how I would go about inserting
line breaks, for example, when the buffer might contain a file with *n*x
or DOS line endings, or even a mix of the two.
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* Re: elisp - inserting block of text
2010-12-01 8:36 elisp - inserting block of text Gary
@ 2010-12-01 16:22 ` Tassilo Horn
2010-12-01 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Tassilo Horn @ 2010-12-01 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name> writes:
> What function(s) do I need to use in order to insert some text,
> please?
>
> I know about 'insert', but am wondering how I would go about inserting
> line breaks, for example, when the buffer might contain a file with
> *n*x or DOS line endings, or even a mix of the two.
(insert "foo\nbar\n") inserts foo and bar, and after each one the right
newline, carriage-return, or both, depending on the buffer's coding
system.
Bye,
Tassilo
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* Re: elisp - inserting block of text
2010-12-01 16:22 ` Tassilo Horn
@ 2010-12-01 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-12-02 10:13 ` Tassilo Horn
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2010-12-01 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:22:01 +0100
>
> > I know about 'insert', but am wondering how I would go about inserting
> > line breaks, for example, when the buffer might contain a file with
> > *n*x or DOS line endings, or even a mix of the two.
The _buffer_ never contains any line endings but the Unix ones. The
_file_ that is visited by the buffer could have any style of line
endings and even a mix of them, but a buffer cannot.
> (insert "foo\nbar\n") inserts foo and bar, and after each one the right
> newline, carriage-return, or both, depending on the buffer's coding
> system.
No, it always insert a single newline. The buffer's coding system is
only important when the buffer is saved to its file.
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* Re: elisp - inserting block of text
2010-12-01 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2010-12-02 10:13 ` Tassilo Horn
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From: Tassilo Horn @ 2010-12-02 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
Hi Eli,
>> (insert "foo\nbar\n") inserts foo and bar, and after each one the
>> right newline, carriage-return, or both, depending on the buffer's
>> coding system.
>
> No, it always insert a single newline. The buffer's coding system is
> only important when the buffer is saved to its file.
Good to know. But in end, what only matters is that Emacs DTRT. :-)
Bye,
Tassilo
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