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Re: Email "cut here" code snippets
From: |
Glyn Millington |
Subject: |
Re: Email "cut here" code snippets |
Date: |
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:30:34 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
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