* Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file
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@ 2009-01-29 16:59 ` Maarten Bergvelt
2009-01-30 11:26 ` Kiwon Um
2009-01-31 5:15 ` B. T. Raven
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From: Maarten Bergvelt @ 2009-01-29 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2009-01-29, Fred Picher <frederificc@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file, eg. is there a function that does this ?
Did you look at the emacs manual?
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Maarten Bergvelt
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* Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file
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2009-01-29 16:59 ` Inserting a timestamp in a file Maarten Bergvelt
@ 2009-01-30 11:26 ` Kiwon Um
2009-01-31 5:15 ` B. T. Raven
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From: Kiwon Um @ 2009-01-30 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jan 29, 11:25 pm, Fred Picher <frederif...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file, eg. is there a function that does this ?
>
> Thanks.
>
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* Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file
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2009-01-29 16:59 ` Inserting a timestamp in a file Maarten Bergvelt
2009-01-30 11:26 ` Kiwon Um
@ 2009-01-31 5:15 ` B. T. Raven
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From: B. T. Raven @ 2009-01-31 5:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Fred Picher wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file, eg. is there a function that does this ?
>
> Thanks.
>
This has to go in one of the first eight lines of the file
;; Time-stamp: ""
then this (or equivalent code) in your .emacs:
(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
I suppose you could copy it programatically anywhere else in the file if
you needed to, say at a bookmark. That would have to be done again
everytime you saved. What's the usefulness of putting the time stamp at
an arbitrary place? A save saves the whole file.
Ed
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* Inserting a timestamp in a file
@ 2009-01-29 14:25 Fred Picher
2009-01-29 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-31 16:30 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Fred Picher @ 2009-01-29 14:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hello,
Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file, eg. is there a function that does this ?
Thanks.
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* RE: Inserting a timestamp in a file
2009-01-29 14:25 Fred Picher
@ 2009-01-29 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-31 16:30 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Drew Adams @ 2009-01-29 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw
To: frederificc, help-gnu-emacs
> Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in
> a file, eg. is there a function that does this ?
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TimeStamp
For Emacs 21 and later, that page also points you to the Emacs manual, node Time
Stamps.
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* Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file
2009-01-29 14:25 Fred Picher
2009-01-29 16:59 ` Drew Adams
@ 2009-01-31 16:30 ` Harry Putnam
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2009-01-31 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Fred Picher <frederificc@yahoo.ca> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file,
> eg. is there a function that does this ?
Sounds like the kind of thing skeletons are good for. If you want
something more customized than the existing timestamp functions. (Like
I did) take a look at skeletons here:
(info "(autotype)Top")
This example may help you get it the way you want:
I wanted something for adding timestamped comments to files in a
certain format... like this:
# [HP 01/31/09_10:24:55 <MY COMMENT GOES HERE> ]
You can get just about any style time format you want by messing with
format-time-string.
This code inserts the above timestamp comment
(minus the stuff above between `<>')
(define-skeleton hp-comdate
"Insert #[HP] comment and
date string with no newline."
nil
"# [HP "
(format-time-string "%m/%d/%y_%T ") _ " ] ")
So then you can say `M-x hp-comdate <RET>' to insert the skeleton
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