Re: conditional text insertion

[Lister Account <lister345@gmail.com>]

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It's funny you should say that.  I made a note to myself this morning:

"Learn how to use the help system better"

:)

Your advice is not being taken lightly.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Memnon Anon <
gegendosenfleisch@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lister,
> Lister Account <lister345@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I updated line 3 above because I was getting the error "Wrong Number
> > of Arguments".  A little googling led me to the solution.
>
> Google works of course, but it is *really* faster to get used
> to emacs self documenting facilities.
>
> In this case, I used `C-h f' move-end-of-line:
>
> ,----
> | move-end-of-line is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> | `simple.el'.
> |
> | It is bound to C-e, <end>.
> |
> | (move-end-of-line ARG)
> |
> | For more information check the manuals.
> |
> ! Move point to end of current line as displayed.
> ! With argument ARG not nil or 1, move forward ARG - 1 lines first.
> | If point reaches the beginning or end of buffer, it stops there.
> |
> | To ignore the effects of the `intangible' text or overlay
> | property, bind `inhibit-point-motion-hooks' to t.
> | If there is an image in the current line, this function
> | disregards newlines that are part of the text on which the image
> | rests.
> `----
>
> So we need an arg, (move-end-of-line nil) should do.
>
> What is the advantage of this approach to google?
>
> a) Faster: Its all there, already. I can type `C-h f' faster
>           than my browser starts up.
> b) Up to date: There is lots of stuff on the net, but
>           believe it or not, emacs changes. The build in
>           documentation is always uptodate, or at least
>           up to the date you are using now.
> c) See the source: With a single <ret> on "in `simple.el', you
>           get the source of the function. If you want to learn
>           elisp, just go and browse ;).
>
> Well, there are other benefits, but those seem to me the most potent
> ones.
>
> hth
> Memnon
>
> P.S: (info "(emacs) Help Summary") <--- C-x C-e here
>     is a good starting point.
>
>
>

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