Re: Email "cut here" code snippets

[Glyn Millington]

torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes:

> I use GNUs and notice that some people include "---8<-- cut here" type
> snippets, which are specially formatted in my view. Where can I find
> this behavior documented, and is there a predefined shortcut for
> inserting these? I haven't spotted anything on it in the GNUs manual or
> online searches.

I have had this in my init.el/.emacs for ever!  It's not mine and I can't
remember where it came from but it works



;;;; SCISSORS
(defvar scissors "8<------"
  "string to insert in \\[scissors]")

(defun scissors ()
  "Insert a line of SCISSORS in the buffer"
  (interactive)
  (or (bolp) (beginning-of-line 2))
  (while (<= (current-column) (- (or fill-column 70) (length scissors)))
    (insert scissors))
  (newline))

(bind-key "s-s" 'scissors)


hth


Glyn