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Re: [Orgmode] RE: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string")
From: |
Bernt Hansen |
Subject: |
Re: [Orgmode] RE: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string") |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:46:34 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
save-excursion is used to save your location when you temporarily move
somewhere else to do something
(save-excursion
(with-current-buffer "buffer"
(goto-char (point-min))
(insert "Stuff at the front of the buffer\n")))
-Bernt
Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
> Parker, Matthew <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but this would require I first move to the buffer to write to, do
>> the insert, then move back to the buffer I'm searching in.
>>
>
> That's what with-current-buffer is for I believe:
>
> (with-current-buffer <some-buffer> (insert "foo"))
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bernt Hansen [mailto:address@hidden
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:03 PM
>> To: Parker, Matthew
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Subject: Re: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string")
>>
>> See the builtin function 'insert'
>>
>> (insert "string to insert")
>>
>> -Bernt
>>
>>
>> "Parker, Matthew" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > I've reviewed a lot of the docs, but maybe missed something... Is
>> there a
>> > function that allows you to just insert text into a buffer. i.e. just
>> like
>> > (prepend-to-buffer buffer-name start stop)... but instead of passing a
>> start and
>> > a stop, you can just pass a string.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > matt
>> >
>> >
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