Re: Inserting a timestamp in a file

[B. T. Raven]

Fred Picher wrote:
> Hello,
>
>   Is there a way to insert a timestamp at a precise place in a file, eg. is 
> there a function that does this ?
>
> Thanks.

This has to go in one of the first eight lines of the file

;; Time-stamp: ""

then this (or equivalent code) in your .emacs:

(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)

I suppose you could copy it programatically anywhere else in the file if 
you needed to, say at a bookmark. That would have to be done again 
everytime you saved. What's the usefulness of putting the time stamp at 
an arbitrary place? A save saves the whole file.

Ed