Re: Replacing ocurrences of a string...

[Greg Rowe]

luca.spinacci@seleniacomms.com wrote:
> Let's say:
> M-x my-template-generator
>
> generates in my - C - buffer
> a template like
>
> /*
> **********************
> * <name>
> **********************
> void <name>()
> {
>
>
> } // <name>
>
> I would like to be prompted for the function name to be replaced with.
> Using (query-replace "<name>" "") in "my-template-generator" I have to

What I think you are looking for is skeletons.  Here's an example from 
my emacs skeletons that I use a lot when writing C code.


(define-skeleton skel-struct-c
  "struct"
  "Struct Name:"
  > "typedef struct " str \n
  "{" > \n
  _ > \n
  "} " str "_t;" > )


That defines a skeleton that asks me for the name of the struct and then 
 inserts that name everywhere "str" appears.  So if I used the skeleton 
above and entered "schmoo" when prompted I'd get:

typedef struct schmoo
{

} schmoo_t;

In addition the cursor ends up inside the struct braces because of the 
'_' character in the skeleton.

To run this skeleton I have the following in my .emacs:

  (define-abbrev c-mode-abbrev-table "st" "" 'skel-struct-c)

Then, when editing code I can type stC-x a e to use the skeleton.  C-x a 
e runs expand-abbrev and the "define-abbrev" tells emacs to use 
skel-struct-c as an abbreviation expansion for the strings "st".

For more information check out 
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/SkeletonMode


Greg

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