From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Saving and recalling registers, using the same key sequence ?
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:23:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lg19qrhz.fsf@telefonica.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190320134439.51ea2240@mistral> (jonetsu@teksavvy.com's message of "Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:44:39 -0400")
jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> writes:
> Is it possible to save a text register and use it in the exact same way
> at a later time ?
>
> For instance, I define very simple useful things that I recall by doing:
>
> C-x r i i ;; inserts : #include <>
> C-x r i u ;; inserts : using std::;
> C-x r i n ;; inserts : << '\n';
>
> I would like to have these always ready when editing C++ code. They
> could be globally defined, or bound to the editing of C++ files, I
> wouldn't mind.
You can use `set-register' to set your registers programatically in your
.emacs file:
(set-register ?i "#include <>")
IMO abbrevs are a better choice for what you want. See `Abbrevs' in the
Emacs manual.
Depending on your specific needs and preferences, the Yasnippet package
can be even better.
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2019-03-20 17:44 Saving and recalling registers, using the same key sequence ? jonetsu
2019-03-20 19:23 ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2019-03-21 14:20 ` jonetsu
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