Re: auto-insert-alist

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

DrMemory wrote:
 > I'm sort of an elisp novice, but this seems to be the relevant code
 > from autoinsert.el:
 >
 > 	 ;; Now, if we found something, do it
 > 	 (and action
 > 	      (if (stringp action)
 > 		  (file-readable-p (concat auto-insert-directory action))
 > 		t)
 > 	      (if auto-insert-query
 > 		  (or (if (eq auto-insert-query 'function)
 > 			  (eq this-command 'auto-insert))
 > 		      (y-or-n-p (format auto-insert-prompt desc)))
 > 		t)
 > 	      (mapcar
 > 	       (lambda (action)
 > 		 (if (stringp action)
 > 		     (if (file-readable-p
 > 			  (setq action (concat auto-insert-directory action)))
 > 			 (insert-file-contents action))
 > 		[...]
 >
 > Looks to me as if the "absolute filename" option is illusory, and any file
 > to be inserted would have to be given relative to auto-insert-directory.

Yep: in both cases (concat auto-insert-directory action) should be
(expand-file-name action auto-insert-directory).

-- 
Kevin Rodgers