* Insert date and Time
@ 2010-02-25 8:29 Tugello
2010-02-25 14:41 ` Tim Visher
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From: Tugello @ 2010-02-25 8:29 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Help-gnu-emacs
Hello,
good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
combination instead to write they completely .
someone ave any suggestion ?
thanks in advance
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* Re: Insert date and Time
2010-02-25 8:29 Insert date and Time Tugello
@ 2010-02-25 14:41 ` Tim Visher
2010-02-25 14:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Tim Visher @ 2010-02-25 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Tugello; +Cc: Help-gnu-emacs
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Tugello <kompy01@yahoo.it> wrote:
> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
> combination instead to write they completely .
> someone ave any suggestion ?
> thanks in advance
I use this function to insert a time stamp at point:
(defun insert-time-stamp ()
"Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
(interactive)
(insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
I just call that via `M-x insert-time-stamp` unless a higher level
function calls it. You could call it with a short cut though with
something like
(global-set-key (kbd "<f12>") 'insert-time-stamp)
if you wanted.
You'll need to evaluate those in your scratch buffer to get them in
the current emacs session. Paste them in and then `M-x eval-buffer`.
If you want them in all emacs sessions, put them in your .emacs file.
`C-h r m Init File RET`. Also, [Yegge's .emacs
file](http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/my-dot-emacs-file) is worth a
read.
Hope that helps.
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* Re: Insert date and Time
2010-02-25 8:29 Insert date and Time Tugello
2010-02-25 14:41 ` Tim Visher
@ 2010-02-25 14:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-02-25 22:52 ` Drew Adams
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2010-02-25 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Tugello wrote:
> Hello,
> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
> combination instead to write they completely .
> someone ave any suggestion ?
(defun insert-current-time ()
"Insert the result of `current-time-string' at point."
(interactive)
(insert (current-time-string)))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c t") 'insert-current-time)
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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* Re: Insert date and Time
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@ 2010-02-25 14:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-02-25 19:20 ` David Rogoff
2010-02-25 22:23 ` Tim X
2010-02-25 22:26 ` B. T. Raven
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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-02-25 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Tugello <kompy01@yahoo.it> writes:
> Hello,
> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
> combination instead to write they completely .
> someone ave any suggestion ?
> thanks in advance
I type: C-u M-! date RET
A purely emacs lisp alternative would be:
M-: (insert (current-time-string)) RET
Of course, if you have to do it often, you can do:
(defun insert-timestamp ()
(interactive)
(insert (current-time-string)))
(global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") 'insert-timestamp)
so that you only have to type F8 to insert the timestamp.
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__
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* Re: Insert date and Time
2010-02-25 14:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
@ 2010-02-25 19:20 ` David Rogoff
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From: David Rogoff @ 2010-02-25 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2010-02-25 06:50:34 -0800, Pascal J. Bourguignon said:
> Tugello <kompy01@yahoo.it> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
>> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
>> combination instead to write they completely .
>> someone ave any suggestion ?
>> thanks in advance
>
> I type: C-u M-! date RET
>
> A purely emacs lisp alternative would be:
> M-: (insert (current-time-string)) RET
>
>
> Of course, if you have to do it often, you can do:
>
> (defun insert-timestamp ()
> (interactive)
> (insert (current-time-string)))
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") 'insert-timestamp)
>
> so that you only have to type F8 to insert the timestamp.
Here's a couple of versions I use with some formatting and chioce of
just date or date and time:
(defun insert-date ()
"Insert current date at point, and newline if point is at beginning of line."
(interactive)
(if (prog1 (bolp)
(let ((time (current-time-string)))
(insert (substring time 4 11) (substring time 20 24)))
)
;; insert newline if point was at beginning of line
(insert ?\n))
)
;; output looks like this: Feb 25 2010
;; (global-set-key '[(meta f12)] 'insert-date)
(defun insert-date-and-time ()
"Insert current date and time at point, and newline if point is at
beginning of line."
(interactive)
(if (prog1 (bolp)
(let ((time (current-time-string)))
(insert (substring time 4 11) (substring time 20 24)
(substring time 10 19) ) )
)
;; insert newline if point was at beginning of line
(insert ?\n))
)
(global-set-key '[A-home] 'insert-date-and-time)
;; output looks like this: Feb 25 2010 11:05:43
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* Re: Insert date and Time
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2010-02-25 14:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
@ 2010-02-25 22:23 ` Tim X
2010-02-25 22:26 ` B. T. Raven
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From: Tim X @ 2010-02-25 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Tugello <kompy01@yahoo.it> writes:
> Hello,
> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
> combination instead to write they completely .
> someone ave any suggestion ?
> thanks in advance
Have a look at the commentry section of timestamp.el. It shows how this
can be done.
Tim
--
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
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* Re: Insert date and Time
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2010-02-25 14:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-02-25 22:23 ` Tim X
@ 2010-02-25 22:26 ` B. T. Raven
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From: B. T. Raven @ 2010-02-25 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Tugello wrote:
> Hello,
> good morning to all,I'm newbie with emacs
> my question is about how to insert current date and time, using a short key
> combination instead to write they completely .
> someone ave any suggestion ?
> thanks in advance
Also, if you need only one time-stamp per file and it's acceptable to
have this time stamp at the top of the buffer, you can put
(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
into the .emacs and then the line (or similar)
;; Time-stamp: "2010-02-19 12:15:41 userloginname"
near the top every file you want time-stamped.
The string part is formatted per variable 'time-stamp-format.
Every time the file is saved this commented line will be updated.
Ed
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* RE: Insert date and Time
2010-02-25 8:29 Insert date and Time Tugello
2010-02-25 14:41 ` Tim Visher
2010-02-25 14:49 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2010-02-25 22:52 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-26 6:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Drew Adams @ 2010-02-25 22:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: 'Tugello', Help-gnu-emacs
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TimeStamp
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* Re: Insert date and Time
2010-02-25 22:52 ` Drew Adams
@ 2010-02-26 6:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-02-26 15:02 ` Drew Adams
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2010-02-26 6:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs; +Cc: gnu-emacs-sources
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Drew Adams wrote:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TimeStamp
There is a trade-off between simplicity and flexibility, and the solutions on
the wiki favor simplicity over flexibility. Here's my attempt to support the
user's preference for different date and time formats while still minimizing
keystrokes.
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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* RE: Insert date and Time
2010-02-26 6:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2010-02-26 15:02 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2010-02-26 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw
To: 'Kevin Rodgers', help-gnu-emacs; +Cc: gnu-emacs-sources
> > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TimeStamp
>
> There is a trade-off between simplicity and flexibility, and
> the solutions on the wiki favor simplicity over flexibility.
> Here's my attempt to support the user's preference for
> different date and time formats while still minimizing
> keystrokes.
If you post it to the wiki also, then there will be no such distinction. ;-)
Just a suggestion.
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* Re: Insert date and Time
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@ 2010-03-02 8:40 ` Uwe Siart
2010-03-02 10:36 ` Andreas Röhler
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From: Uwe Siart @ 2010-03-02 8:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
> I use this function to insert a time stamp at point:
>
> (defun insert-time-stamp ()
> "Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
> (interactive)
> (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
Nice gimmick. To make it perfect I'd like insert-time-stamp to replace
region (if there is a region). How to achieve this? (insert "string")
does not replace region but inserts at point.
--
Uwe
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* Re: Insert date and Time
2010-03-02 8:40 ` Uwe Siart
@ 2010-03-02 10:36 ` Andreas Röhler
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From: Andreas Röhler @ 2010-03-02 10:36 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Uwe Siart wrote:
> Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I use this function to insert a time stamp at point:
>>
>> (defun insert-time-stamp ()
>> "Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
>> (interactive)
>> (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
>
> Nice gimmick. To make it perfect I'd like insert-time-stamp to replace
> region (if there is a region). How to achieve this? (insert "string")
> does not replace region but inserts at point.
>
May be that way:
(defun insert-time-stamp ()
"Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
(interactive "*")
(let ((beg (when (region-active-p)
(region-beginning)))
(end (when
(region-active-p) (region-end))))
(when (and beg end)
(delete-region beg end)))
(insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
Andreas
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@ 2010-03-02 13:25 ` Uwe Siart
2010-03-05 15:06 ` Jim Diamond
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From: Uwe Siart @ 2010-03-02 13:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:
> Uwe Siart wrote:
>> Nice gimmick. To make it perfect I'd like insert-time-stamp to replace
>> region (if there is a region). How to achieve this? (insert "string")
>> does not replace region but inserts at point.
>
> May be that way:
>
> (defun insert-time-stamp ()
> "Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
> (interactive "*")
> (let ((beg (when (region-active-p)
> (region-beginning)))
> (end (when
> (region-active-p) (region-end))))
> (when (and beg end)
> (delete-region beg end)))
> (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
Quite the thing. Many thanks!
--
Uwe
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2010-03-02 13:25 ` Uwe Siart
@ 2010-03-05 15:06 ` Jim Diamond
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From: Jim Diamond @ 2010-03-05 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2010-03-02 at 06:36 AST, Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> wrote:
> Uwe Siart wrote:
>> Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I use this function to insert a time stamp at point:
>>>
>>> (defun insert-time-stamp ()
>>> "Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
>>> (interactive)
>>> (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
>>
>> Nice gimmick. To make it perfect I'd like insert-time-stamp to replace
>> region (if there is a region). How to achieve this? (insert "string")
>> does not replace region but inserts at point.
>>
>
> May be that way:
>
> (defun insert-time-stamp ()
> "Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
> (interactive "*")
> (let ((beg (when (region-active-p)
> (region-beginning)))
> (end (when
> (region-active-p) (region-end))))
> (when (and beg end)
> (delete-region beg end)))
> (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
Andreas,
this seems gratuitously complicated. Is there anything wrong with
(defun insert-time-stamp ()
"Inserts a time stamp 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM AM/PM'"
(interactive "*")
(when (region-active-p)
(delete-region (region-beginning) (region-end)))
(insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d - %I:%M %p")))
Sorta curious, since I am no elisp wizard.
Cheers.
Jim
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