From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Adding major-mode selection to new buffer Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:57:43 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11862"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/+ () (2022-05-21) Cc: carlmarcos@tutanota.com, Help Gnu Emacs To: Christopher Dimech Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 29 13:00:43 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o6VR5-0002sP-EJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:00:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57890 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o6VR2-0002L7-DJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51740) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o6VPB-0002Kz-Jm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:38667) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o6VP7-0008Gh-SX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:58:45 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.6.55]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000087C4D.0000000062BC303E.00007C42; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 03:58:05 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Dimech , carlmarcos@tutanota.com, Help Gnu Emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL=0.141, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138188 Archived-At: * Christopher Dimech [2022-06-29 01:06]: > How can the code be modified to have filename saved with the following format? > > %Y-%m-%d-T%H:%M:%S---.txt My variable is this one: rcd-temp-buffer-name ⇒ "RCD TEMPORARY BUFFER" And I rarely save it as such, but files are connected to temporary buffers. It is very handy, as it is temporary note, and if I wish to exit Emacs I will be notified there is maybe still something to be saved. You are right, your suggestion is much better for sorting and visual review. (defun rcd-temp-buffer (&optional prefix name mode) "Generate new temporary buffer." (interactive "p") (let* ((file-name (concat rcd-temp-file-directory (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S-") rcd-temp-buffer-name ".txt")) (buffer (or name (concat "*" rcd-temp-buffer-name "*")))) (switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer buffer)) (setq buffer-file-name file-name) (if current-prefix-arg (let* ((mode (completing-read "Mode: " (map-keys rcd-temp-buffer-modes) nil t nil 'rcd-temp-buffer-mode-history))) (funcall (intern mode))) (funcall (intern (or mode "fundamental-mode")))) buffer-file-name)) -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/