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Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file
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Harry Putnam |
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Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:30:47 -0600 |
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Fred Picher <frederificc@yahoo.ca> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file,
> eg. is there a function that does this ?
Sounds like the kind of thing skeletons are good for. If you want
something more customized than the existing timestamp functions. (Like
I did) take a look at skeletons here:
(info "(autotype)Top")
This example may help you get it the way you want:
I wanted something for adding timestamped comments to files in a
certain format... like this:
# [HP 01/31/09_10:24:55 <MY COMMENT GOES HERE> ]
You can get just about any style time format you want by messing with
format-time-string.
This code inserts the above timestamp comment
(minus the stuff above between `<>')
(define-skeleton hp-comdate
"Insert #[HP] comment and
date string with no newline."
nil
"# [HP "
(format-time-string "%m/%d/%y_%T ") _ " ] ")
So then you can say `M-x hp-comdate <RET>' to insert the skeleton