Sorry, I reviewed that in 'intro to lisp' but promptly forgot about it. Thanks.
-----Original Message----- From: Bernt Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Parker, Matthew; emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Orgmode] RE: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string") save-excursion is used to save your location when you temporarily move somewhere else to do something (save-excursion (with-current-buffer "buffer" (goto-char (point-min)) (insert "Stuff at the front of the buffer\n"))) -Bernt Nick Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Parker, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, but this would require I first move to the buffer to write to, do >> the insert, then move back to the buffer I'm searching in. >> > > That's what with-current-buffer is for I believe: > > (with-current-buffer <some-buffer> (insert "foo")) > > HTH, > Nick > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bernt Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:03 PM >> To: Parker, Matthew >> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> Subject: Re: (prepend-to-buffer "buffer-name" "string") >> >> See the builtin function 'insert' >> >> (insert "string to insert") >> >> -Bernt >> >> >> "Parker, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > I've reviewed a lot of the docs, but maybe missed something... Is >> there a >> > function that allows you to just insert text into a buffer. i.e. just >> like >> > (prepend-to-buffer buffer-name start stop)... but instead of passing a >> start and >> > a stop, you can just pass a string. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > matt >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
