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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Use date in Easy Templates?
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:08:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh33exqo.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5300F3D8.6040104@krugs.de

Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:

> is it possible to insert the actual date into Easy Templates?
>

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...

Footnotes:

[fn:1] Yet Another Customization Variable :-)

-- 
Nick

  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-16 18:09 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 [this message]
2014-02-16 19:33   ` Rainer M Krug
2014-02-21 15:26     ` John Kitchin

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