Re: copy-defun

[Stefan Reichör]

Andreas Roehler <andreas.roehler@online.de> writes:

> Was looking for a function to copy (kill-ring-save) the
> function the point is in.
>
> Wrote the following. Maybe it's already written somewhere?

What about M-x mark-defun followed by M-x kill-ring-save:
C-M-h M-w

Stefan.

> __
> Andreas Roehler
>
> (defun defun-beginning-position-interactive ()
>   "Print the position where the current defun starts"
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((pos
>          (save-excursion
>            (progn
>              (beginning-of-defun) (point)))))
>     (message "%s" pos)))
>
> (defun defun-beginning-position ()
>   "Return the position where the current defun starts"
>   (save-excursion
>     (progn
>       (beginning-of-defun) (point))))
>
> (defun defun-end-position-interactive ()
>   "Print the position where the current defun ends"
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((pos
>          (save-excursion
>            (progn
>              (end-of-defun) (point)))))
>     (message "%s" pos)))
>
> (defun defun-end-position ()
>   "Return the position where the current defun ends"
>   (save-excursion
>     (progn
>       (end-of-defun) (point))))
>
> (defun copy-defun ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
>     (kill-ring-save  
>            (defun-beginning-position) (defun-end-position))))
>
> ;;;;; end