From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:30:47 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hc3fjv48.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 40785.25014.qm@web59703.mail.ac4.yahoo.com
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-31 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-29 14:25 Inserting a timestamp in a file Fred Picher
2009-01-29 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-31 16:30 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
[not found] <mailman.6165.1233240186.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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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