Re: auto-insert-alist

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

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))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers