less key hits

less key hits

[Gary Wessle]

Hi

ofter I find that I have to write the same string over many times
while programming  in c++ mode. 
is it common practice to hot key the text so that by hitting the hot
key it enters the text in the buffer? or how most of you do it?

example:
often I write 
#include <string>
using std::string;

which takes few key strokes even with Alt-/ completion
helping. instead I want to just hit say "Alt-s" s for string and the
pointer moves to the top of the buffer, enters the 2 lines for me.

any idea how this is done?

thanks

Re: less key hits

[Tassilo Horn]

Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:

Hi Gary,

> ofter I find that I have to write the same string over many times
> while programming in c++ mode.
> is it common practice to hot key the text so that by hitting the hot
> key it enters the text in the buffer? or how most of you do it?

I would define a keyboard macro.

See 

,----[ (info "(emacs)Keyboard Macros") ]
|    A "keyboard macro" is a command defined by an Emacs user to stand
| for another sequence of keys.  For example, if you discover that you
| are about to type `C-n M-d C-d' forty times, you can speed your work
| by defining a keyboard macro to do `C-n M-d C-d', and then executing
| it 39 more times.
`----

If you need this macro over and over you can even save it.

Bye,
Tassilo
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Re: less key hits

[Kai Großjohann]

Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:

> ofter I find that I have to write the same string over many times
> while programming  in c++ mode. 

I think that abbrevs are an underused feature of Emacs.  Try it, maybe
you will like it.

Kai

Kai is back [Was: less key hits]

[martin]

  >>>>> Kai Großjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:
  > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:06:31 +0100
  > 
  > Gary Wessle <phddas@yahoo.com> writes:
  > 
  >> ofter I find that I have to write the same string over many times
  >> while programming  in c++ mode. 
  > 
  > I think that abbrevs are an underused feature of Emacs.  Try it, maybe
  > you will like it.
  > 
  > Kai

Hi,

welcome back.

Nice to read you again Kai.

Cheers

Martin
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