what is the emacs equivalent of vim skeleton files with autocmds?
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LowCom · 2022-06-17 10:11

For eg., the vim autocommand below insert "#!/usr/bin/bash" into every
new file ending with .sh.  The shebang line above will be pasted into
a skeleton bash file.

    autocmd BufNewfile *.sh 0r ~/.vim/skeletons/bashSkeleton

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_viz_ · 2022-06-17 10:25

Read the autotype manual for this and more. (info "(autotype) Top")

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xircon · 2022-06-17 11:33

There is a package that does it - search melpa for shebang (at work,
so can't).

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doolio_ · 2022-06-17 11:53

Does your work block melpa?

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xircon · 2022-06-17 12:08

I work for the national health service in the UK, I can't use Emacs at
work, they do allow notepad++ (groan!!)

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hkjels · 2022-06-17 13:14

It’s called Skelton in Emacs also and there’s the more popular
yasnippet as well

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Gallipo · 2022-06-17 13:25

There is the built-in autoinsert-mode

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html\_node/autotype/Autoinse
rting.html

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timmymayes · 2022-06-17 15:08

Ugh.

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timmymayes · 2022-06-17 15:08

The one true failing of the NHS

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Illiamen · 2022-06-17 16:17

Besides what others have said, you might also be interested in the
below for automatically making scripts executable.

    (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'executable-make-buffer-file-
executable-if-script-p)

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LowCom · 2022-06-18 05:56

I do use yasnippet. But it uses triggers to insert templates while
skeletons is like boilerplate for certain filetypes. Both are
required.

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hkjels · 2022-06-18 09:42

With Skeleton I use auto-insert-mode. There's likely an alternative
for yasnippet as well, or you could just create a hook that triggers
it, shouldn't be many lines of code.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoInsertMode

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onetom · 2022-06-18 15:51

at least that's free software too :)
could FSF help somehow to get Emacs approved?
what could be the reason for not allowing Emacs?
could it be its extensibility?

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xircon · 2022-06-18 17:30

I seriously doubt it, our computers are tied down tight.

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TheGramm · 2022-06-19 23:08

While I love emacs, a lot, I get why a securiry guy wouldn't want a
"lisp machine" in NHS computers. It's not that you cant secure it, but
its so niche so why bother.

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onetom · 2022-06-20 18:16

why bother?
I would love to hear some pros & cons answers to that :)
it made me wonder, what else might be approved, which is worse from
security perspective?
why did they approve notepad++?
what is it used for?
what's the approval process?

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TheGramm · 2022-06-20 21:46

Notepad++ is not extendable in the same way