Re: Replacing ocurrences of a string...

[Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com>]

luca.spinacci@seleniacomms.com writes:

> I generate a C function template in a buffer running a command.
> I would like to replace every occurence of the <name> string
> on direct request.
> Let's say:
> M-x my-template-generator
>
> generates in my - C - buffer
> a template like
>
> /*
> **********************
> * <name>
> **********************
> void <name>()
> {
>
>
> } // <name>
>
> I would like to be prompted for the function name to be replaced with.
> Using (query-replace "<name>" "") in "my-template-generator" I have to
> call SHIFT-e to be requested for "Edit replacement string: "  and
> SHIFT-1 to replace every occurence of <name> with the new string "my-name".
> Is there a smarter way (I'm sure there is) to be requested for the
> replacement
> string ("Edit replacement string: ") automatically as the template is
> inserted
> in the buffer without using SHIFT-e?
> The function query-replace is not mandatory...

Usually, this is done by programming correctly my-template-generator:

(defun my-template-generator (funame)
   (interactive "sFunction name: ")
   (insert "/*\n"
           "********************\n"
           "* "funame"\n"
           "********************\n"
           "*/\n"
           "void "funame"()\n"
           "{\n"
           "    \n"
           "}//"funame"\n\n"))


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