Thank you Mark,

I think, this will do.

Regards,
Kashyap

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Mark Skilbeck <m@iammark.us> wrote:

> Adding to the previous answer, you might then be interested in the
> YASnippet extension[1].
>
> [1] https://github.com/capitaomorte/yasnippet#readme
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 01:27:28PM +0530, C K Kashyap wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I've been defining functions to create shortcuts
> >
> > (defun (hw) (progn
> >        (delete-fun) ; This is another function that deletes the actual
> > function name from the buffer
> >        (insert "Hello World"))
> >
> > I invoke it as follows - (hw)C-X-e, this removes (hw) and replaces it
> with
> > Hello World.
> >
> > the problem is that I have to type parenthesis. I explored abbreviations
> > but they cannot seem to be parameterized. Can someone please suggest an
> > alternative?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kashyap
>
> --
> - mgs.
>
> if all you young men / were fish in the water
> how many young girls / would undress and dive after
>