Re: 'Remembering' a character string for replay

[Andreas Röhler]

lanas wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>   This must be the most pedestrian question around concerning using
> emacs.  I very often work with debug statements such as:
> 
> print "DEBUG \n";
> 
>   So what I do is to type the string once then save it in a ring buffer
> for easy recall.  
> 
>   Is there a way to save it permanently so that I don't even have to
> type it once at the beginning of each sessions ? - Thanks.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
> 

Just look for Abbrevs in the Emacs info

C-h i
m emacs
m Abbrevs


After some weeks with Emacs, following the path of your question for more 
complex items,
 look for http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Yasnippet.

(not for beginners...)

Andreas

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