From: drmemory@starband.net (DrMemory)
Subject: Re: auto-insert-alist
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:36:27 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <%WfJc.12$VQ1.7@fe25.usenetserver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 40F573E4.4020400@yahoo.com
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:56:52 -0600, Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:
>DrMemory wrote:
> > I am having some trouble with auto-insertion.
> >
> > According to the documentation, the "Action" can be a filename, in
> > which case its contents are to be inserted. However, when I try this,
> > I get no auto-insertion when I visit a new file:
> >
> > (setq auto-insert-alist
> > (append '(((".*ltr.*\\.tex$" . "Letter") . "~/leg/ltr.tex"))
> > auto-insert-alist))
> >
> > I changed it to:
> >
> > (setq auto-insert-alist
> > (append '(((".*ltr.*\\.tex$" . "Letter") .
> > (insert-file-contents "~/leg/ltr.tex")))
> > auto-insert-alist))
> >
> > And now I am prompted for autoinsertion, but the result is just to
> > have the string "~/leg/ltr.tex" inserted in the new file.
> >
> > I hope someone can tell me what I am doing wrong...
>
>Maybe the ~ needs to be explicitly expanded; does this work:
>
>(setq auto-insert-alist
> (cons `((".*ltr.*\\.tex$" . "Letter") . ,(expand-file-name
> "~/leg/ltr.tex"))
> auto-insert-alist))
>
Using expand-file-name does result in being prompted for
auto-insertion; however, what gets inserted is again the file-name
instead of the contents, just as happened when I tried
insert-file-contents! Sigh. I guess I'll have to go back and re-learn
how to write a template. This must be an error in the documentation or
else I'm just not reading it correctly?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-14 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-14 16:36 auto-insert-alist DrMemory
2004-07-14 17:41 ` auto-insert-alist kgold
2004-07-14 17:56 ` auto-insert-alist Kevin Rodgers
2004-07-14 19:36 ` DrMemory [this message]
2004-07-15 15:54 ` auto-insert-alist Kevin Rodgers
2004-07-15 21:39 ` auto-insert-alist DrMemory
2004-07-15 23:38 ` auto-insert-alist Kevin Rodgers
2004-07-16 21:01 ` auto-insert-alist DrMemory
2004-07-16 21:55 ` auto-insert-alist Kevin Rodgers
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