[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Help with my elisp

[Sacha Chua]

Chris Lowis <address@hidden> writes:

> I wrote a little elisp function (almost my first!) to replace a selected 
> name in my planner page with the appropriate bbdb:// link. It works, but 
> I am sure it is a terrible elisp style. Any suggestions on how to 
> improve it ? I hope to learn some good elisp style from you !

Hmmm... Hey, this looks familiar!

For an interactive way to do this (no messing with regions or whatnot),
download my http://sacha.free.net.ph/notebook/emacs/hippie-config.el ,
evaluate it, and set your hippie-expand-try-functions-list to
something like:

(setq hippie-expand-try-functions-list
      '(sacha/try-expand-planner-bbdb-annotation
        sacha/try-expand-planner-name
        try-expand-dabbrev
        try-complete-file-name
        try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers))

Then type part of someone's name and use M-x hippie-expand to cycle
through possible completions. Bind M-x hippie-expand to something
convenient if you like it. I have it bound to F12.

You also get wiki name expansion, absolutely free!

But wait! There's more! If you type in a date specifier like "+1",
"today", or even "+tue" for next Tuesday, hippie-expand will let you
instantly replace it with a date link! Isn't that so cool?

Get http://sacha.free.net.ph/notebook/emacs/hippie-config.el now!

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