From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Rainer@krugs.de
Cc: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>,
"emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Use date in Easy Templates?
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:26:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ51ETqU7+v03yCAcZ+myyF_-20be814JnoK9ZAnvFjSWNnE9Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <530112A2.3030203@krugs.de>
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I solved a similar problem to this with yasnippets:
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/02/16/A-dynamic-snippet-for-a-task-due-7-days-from-now/
You can dynamically evaluate lisp code in the snippet when it is expanded.
That way you can get whatever format suits you!
John
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> wrote:
>
>
> 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 :-)
> >
>
> --
> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>
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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
2014-02-21 15:26 ` John Kitchin [this message]
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