Re: inserting date and time at the cursor location

[Reiner Steib]

On Thu, Oct 03 2002, Clemens Fischer wrote:

> David Kastrup <David.Kastrup@t-online.de> writes:
>
>> You could also use
>> C-u M-! date RET
>
> ok, how do i bind this to a key?

(1) Find out the function called by `M-!' using `C-h k' ...

,----[ C-h k M-! ]
| M-! runs the command shell-command
|    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
| (shell-command COMMAND &optional OUTPUT-BUFFER ERROR-BUFFER)
| 
| Execute string COMMAND in inferior shell; display output, if any.
| With prefix argument, insert the COMMAND's output at point.
`----

(2) Read the doc-string, especially about the prefix argument in this
    case (C-u).

(3) Bind it to a key (e.g. `C-c i d'), with the arguments you like.
    Remember that you need an interactive function for key bindings:

(global-set-key [(control c) (i) (d)]
                '(lambda ()
                   (interactive)
                   (shell-command "date" t t)))

Bye, Reiner.
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