From: "Parker, Matthew" <MParker@seic.com>
To: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>, nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: RE: RE: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string")
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:09:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9E067A1AECCB154485D4CF7E4BEF4D8E09C52EDF@post07.corp.seic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87iqsvvt1x.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca>
Sorry, I reviewed that in 'intro to lisp' but promptly forgot about it.
Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernt Hansen [mailto:bernt@norang.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:47 AM
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: Parker, Matthew; emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] RE: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string")
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 <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> Parker, Matthew <MParker@seic.com> 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:bernt@norang.ca]=20
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:03 PM
>> To: Parker, Matthew
>> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string")
>>
>> See the builtin function 'insert'
>>
>> (insert "string to insert")
>>
>> -Bernt
>>
>>
>> "Parker, Matthew" <MParker@seic.com> 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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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-17 1:11 (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string") Parker, Matthew
2008-09-17 3:03 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-09-17 3:06 ` Parker, Matthew
2008-09-17 4:17 ` Nick Dokos
2008-09-17 12:46 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-09-17 14:09 ` Parker, Matthew [this message]
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