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RE: File-stamp implementation?
From: |
Drew Adams |
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RE: File-stamp implementation? |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 22:40:11 -0700 (PDT) |
> Some years ago, I had rewritten time-stamp.el as a useful file-stamp
> function. I had a habit of changing filenames during a project, and
> wished
> to preserve a "bread crumb trail" of the previous file names, as well as
> the ordinary "Time-stamp". At the time, I was sufficiently up to speed
> on
> Elisp to make the needed changes, and it worked fantastically. Ths very
> idea of writing customization templates, along with the basic changes
> themselves was discouraging for one of my limited programming abilities.
>
> Beneath the Time-stamp, was "File-stamp:" template. I also kept a
> running
> list of the previous file names in the header. First:
>
> File-stamp: <>
>
> then
>
> Previously:
>
> Actually, the most important thing was the File-stamp: entry. One
> previous
> file version would be useful, and the previous name before a major change
> would also be useful.
>
> Does anyone have such a utility? I
This page might help: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TimeStamp
And library `header2.el': https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/header2.el
And its description:
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutomaticFileHeaders#header2