Functions with after-events

[Leo Correia de Verdier]

Dear list!

Something of a still learning question, but I can’t really get my head around 
it:

Is there a simple way to make the following (or something that would have the 
same effect) into a function?

\version "2.19.82"
\fixed c'' {
 d8
  -\tweak minimum-length #5
  -\tweak springs-and-rods #ly:spanner::set-spacing-rods 
  \glissando 
  cis }

So it could be written as something like the following hypothetical code:

d8 \glissandoWithMinLength #5 cis

Or is it just too complicated to be worth it?

Thanks a lot!
/Leo