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@c This is an annex of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+@c 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c Author: Daniel.Pfeiffer@Informatik.START.dbp.de, fax (+49 69) 7588-2389
@setfilename ../info/autotype
@c @node Autotypist, Picture, Abbrevs, Top
@c @cindex autotypist
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+ 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
Say you want @samp{ifst} to be an abbreviation for the C language if
statement. You will tell Emacs that @samp{ifst} expands to the empty string
-and then calls the skeleton command. In Emacs-lisp you can say something like
+and then calls the skeleton command. In Emacs Lisp you can say something like
@code{(define-abbrev c-mode-abbrev-table "ifst" "" 'c-if)}. Or you can edit
the output from @kbd{M-x list-abbrevs} to make it look like this:
@item @code{v1}, @code{v2}
Skeleton-local user variables.
@item @code{'@var{expression}}
-Evaluate following lisp expression for its side-effect, but prevent it from
+Evaluate following Lisp expression for its side-effect, but prevent it from
being interpreted as a skeleton element.
@item @var{skeleton}
Subskeletons are inserted recursively, not once, but as often as the user
In Lisp (@pxref{(emacs)Init File}) you can use the function
@code{define-auto-insert} to add to or modify
@code{auto-insert-alist}. See its documentation with @kbd{C-h f
-auto-insert-alist}.
+define-auto-insert}.
@vindex auto-insert
The variable @code{auto-insert} says what to do when @code{auto-insert} is
that is updated too.
An interesting application for this function is to have it be called
-automatically every time a file is saved. This is accomplished by putting
-@code{(add-hook 'write-file-functions 'copyright-update)} into your @file{~/.emacs}
-file (@pxref{(emacs)Init File}).
+automatically every time a file is saved. This is accomplished by
+putting @code{(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'copyright-update)} into
+your @file{~/.emacs} file (@pxref{(emacs)Init File}). Alternative,
+you can do @kbd{M-x customize-variable @key{RET} before-save-hook
+@key{RET}}. @code{copyright-update} is conveniently listed as an
+option in the customization buffer.
@vindex copyright-query
The variable @code{copyright-query} controls whether to update the
copyright or whether to ask about it. When this is @code{nil} updating is
only done with @kbd{M-x copyright-update}. When this is @code{function}
you are queried whenever @code{copyright-update} is called as a function,
-such as in the @code{write-file-functions} feature mentioned above. Otherwise
+such as in the @code{before-save-hook} feature mentioned above. Otherwise
you are always queried.
@cindex timestamps
@findex time-stamp
-@vindex write-file-functions
+@vindex before-save-hook
The @code{time-stamp} command can be used to update automatically a
template in a file with a new time stamp every time you save the file.
-Customize the hook @code{write-file-functions} to add the function
-@code{time-stamp} to arrange this.
+Customize the hook @code{before-save-hook} to add the function
+@code{time-stamp} to arrange this. It you use Custom to do this,
+then @code{time-stamp} is conveniently listed as an option in the
+customization buffer.
@vindex time-stamp-active
@vindex time-stamp-format
@kbd{M-x tempo-backward-mark} and @kbd{M-x tempo-forward-mark} can be
used to jump between such points.
-More flexible templates can be created by including lisp symbols, which
+More flexible templates can be created by including Lisp symbols, which
will be evaluated as variables, or lists, which will be evaluated
-as lisp expressions. Automatic completion of specified tags to expanded
+as Lisp expressions. Automatic completion of specified tags to expanded
templates can be provided.
@findex tempo-define-template