Re: auto-insert-alist

[Kevin Rodgers]

DrMemory wrote:
> I'm sort of an elisp novice, but this seems to be the relevant code
> from autoinsert.el:
>
>     ;; Now, if we found something, do it
>     (and action
>          (if (stringp action)
>              (file-readable-p (concat auto-insert-directory action))
>            t)
>          (if auto-insert-query
>              (or (if (eq auto-insert-query 'function)
>                      (eq this-command 'auto-insert))
>                  (y-or-n-p (format auto-insert-prompt desc)))
>            t)
>          (mapcar
>           (lambda (action)
>             (if (stringp action)
>                 (if (file-readable-p
>                      (setq action (concat auto-insert-directory action)))
>                     (insert-file-contents action))
>            [...]
>
> Looks to me as if the "absolute filename" option is illusory, and any file
> to be inserted would have to be given relative to auto-insert-directory.

Yep: in both cases (concat auto-insert-directory action) should be
(expand-file-name action auto-insert-directory).

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Kevin Rodgers