Re: regexp / replacement for variable

[Kin Cho <ignore-this-prefixkin@techie.com>]

Instead of string matching, it is easier in this case to use
file-name-extension and file-name-sans-extension.

-kin

Jan Misol <misol@liblss.org> writes:

> I'm new to elisp but I want my beloved editor
> to generate the standard c-header stuff when creating
> a new .h/.hpp header.
> 
> > c-x c-f test.h
> 
> should automatically insert:
> 
>    #ifndef _TEST_H_
>    #ifndef _TEST_H_
> 
> 
>    #endif
> 
> depending on the given filename.
> 
> I put the following to my .emacs file:
> 
>    (defun new-c-header ()
>      "Insert c-header skeleton."
>      (interactive "")
>      (progn
>        (setq bname (upcase(buffer-name)))
>        (insert
>         (message "#ifndef %s\n\#define %s\n\n#endif"
>            bname bname))))
> 
> Apart from knowing that "message" might not be the right
> choice here, I don't know how to modify the value of bname!?
> "replace-regexp" doesn't seem to be the what I'm looking for.
> 
> (and how could the new-c-header() be invoked by creating a
> new .h/.cpp file?)
> 
> jan