Re: execute after char/string

[Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>]

Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article 
> <9dddf442-089c-495a-af1c-072cc80ad2b0@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
>  Steve Chow <msweaksauce@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> is there a way I can execute a function/macro after I've inserted a
>> character or string? In this case I'd like execute a function after
>> typing . or -> in c-mode. I tried using global-set-key but then of
>> course it won't let me enter those characters into the buffer.
> 
> See after-change-functions.
> 

A spicedup self-insert-command is much simpler I think.

(defun super-dot-minus-arrow (&optional arg)
   (interactive "p")
   (self-insert-command arg)
   (do-some-more-stuff-when-apropriate))

(define-key your-map (kbd ".") 'super-dot-minus-arrow)

-ap