From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Holger Sparr Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: automatic time-stamp Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 08:50:32 +0200 Organization: Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115241678 12233 80.91.229.2 (4 May 2005 21:21:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 21:21:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 04 23:21:16 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DTRIG-0007Q9-F4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 May 2005 23:20:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DTRPe-0002L7-4y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 May 2005 17:28:10 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!newsserver.news.garr.it!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!news.dfncis.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 43 Original-X-Trace: news.dfncis.de QF3kL8PAhaRWvFc3t7EpUg4gqDQPWxOTg4VdYCLR0c4hzT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6WbPcbiC2o8/yv0L+LEN0NC79II= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:130644 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:26296 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26296 On Tue, 03 May 2005, Jeffrey L. Greer wrote: > I am trying to configure automatic time-stamp for emacs 21 in a Debian > Sarge system. I have the following .emacs file in my home directory. I > have read and re-read what seems to be the relevant pages in the hard > copy of Gnu Emacs Manual. Time stamp will only work manually. > ,----[ C-h f time-stamp RET ] | time-stamp is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `time-stamp'. | (time-stamp) | | Update the time stamp string(s) in the buffer. | A template in a file can be automatically updated with a new time stamp | every time you save the file. Add this line to your .emacs file: | (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp) | Normally the template must appear in the first 8 lines of a file and | look like one of the following: | Time-stamp: <> | Time-stamp: " " | The time stamp is written between the brackets or quotes: | Time-stamp: <1998-02-18 10:20:51 gildea> | The time stamp is updated only if the variable `time-stamp-active' is | non-nil. The format of the time stamp is set by the variable | `time-stamp-format'. The variables `time-stamp-line-limit', | `time-stamp-start', `time-stamp-end', `time-stamp-count', and | `time-stamp-inserts-lines' control finding the template. `---- Put a line containing: "Time-stamp: <>" in one of the first 8 lines of the file you want to time stamp. With (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp) in your .emacs the above string gets updated when the file is being saved. --