From: Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de>
To: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Use date in Easy Templates?
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:33:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <530112A2.3030203@krugs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eh33exqo.fsf@gmail.com>
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On 02/16/14, 19:08 , Nick Dokos wrote:
> Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:
>
>> is it possible to insert the actual date into Easy Templates?
>>
That's what I thought as well.
>
> No - but it's not difficult to crib the %file code and add %date:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun org-complete-expand-structure-template (start cell)
> "Expand a structure template."
> (let* ((musep (org-bound-and-true-p org-mtags-prefer-muse-templates))
> (rpl (nth (if musep 2 1) cell))
> (ind ""))
> (delete-region start (point))
> (when (string-match "\\`#\\+" rpl)
> (cond
> ((bolp))
> ((not (string-match "\\S-" (buffer-substring (point-at-bol) (point))))
> (setq ind (buffer-substring (point-at-bol) (point))))
> (t (newline))))
> (setq start (point))
> (if (string-match "%file" rpl)
> (setq rpl (replace-match
> (concat
> "\""
> (save-match-data
> (abbreviate-file-name (read-file-name "Include file: ")))
> "\"")
> t t rpl)))
> ;;; ADDED CODE
> (if (string-match "%date" rpl)
> (setq rpl (replace-match
> (save-match-data
> (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" (current-time)))
> t t rpl)))
> ;;; END OF ADDED CODE
> (setq rpl (mapconcat 'identity (split-string rpl "\n")
> (concat "\n" ind)))
> (insert rpl)
> (if (re-search-backward "\\?" start t) (delete-char 1))))
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> However, the next thing somebody will ask is a different format for the
> date which will require YACV[fn:1]. But maybe one exists already?
>
> And the next thing is more of these %thingies... so it would be better
> to add yet another layer to the function, so that arbitrary %thingies
> can be added by customizing YACV, probably an alist of
>
> ("thingie" . thingie-function)
>
> pairs...
That sounds like a good idea which would make the Easy Templates more
powerful.
Cheers,
Rainer
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] Yet Another Customization Variable :-)
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-16 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-16 17:22 Use date in Easy Templates? Rainer M Krug
2014-02-16 18:08 ` Nick Dokos
2014-02-16 19:33 ` Rainer M Krug [this message]
2014-02-21 15:26 ` John Kitchin
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