Let's say: M-x my-template-generator
generates in my - C - buffer a template like
/* ********************** * <name> ********************** void <name>() {
} // <name>
I would like to be prompted for the function name to be replaced with. Using (query-replace "<name>" "") in "my-template-generator" I have to
What I think you are looking for is skeletons. Here's an example from my emacs skeletons that I use a lot when writing C code.
(define-skeleton skel-struct-c "struct" "Struct Name:" > "typedef struct " str \n "{" > \n _ > \n "} " str "_t;" > )
That defines a skeleton that asks me for the name of the struct and then inserts that name everywhere "str" appears. So if I used the skeleton above and entered "schmoo" when prompted I'd get:
typedef struct schmoo
{} schmoo_t;
In addition the cursor ends up inside the struct braces because of the '_' character in the skeleton.
To run this skeleton I have the following in my .emacs:
(define-abbrev c-mode-abbrev-table "st" "" 'skel-struct-c)
Then, when editing code I can type stC-x a e to use the skeleton. C-x a e runs expand-abbrev and the "define-abbrev" tells emacs to use skel-struct-c as an abbreviation expansion for the strings "st".
For more information check out http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/SkeletonMode
Greg
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