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From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
To: GNU Emacs List <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: simple function to prepend a string to a file
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49E87D84.2040406@mousecar.com> (raw)


Often I want to put the string "<!-- -*- coding: utf-8; -*- -->\n" at
the top of the current buffer.  However, I don't want to lose my place
(the point) or any defined region.  Optimally, such a function would
know the mode of the current buffer and enclose the string in the
mode-appropriate comment characters.  Is there such a function?  If not
how would one code it?

Thanks for your solutions.

-- 
"To make an apple pie from scratch,
first create the universe."
        -- Carl Sagan





             reply	other threads:[~2009-04-17 13:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-17 13:00 ken [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.5524.1239973304.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-04-17 14:10 ` simple function to prepend a string to a file harven
2009-04-17 16:28   ` Johan Bockgård

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