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25.0.50; explain where to find skeletons in autotype info manual

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 20780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org
Subject: bug#20780: 25.0.50; explain where to find skeletons in autotype info manual
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:44:03 +0200

Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr> writes:

> I still think we should mention some workings examples in the manual,
> near the beginning of it.
>
> Now I'm grepping for '(define-skeleton' in the git repo.
> It returns results in sh-script.el, modula2.el, python.el and a few
> others. Could any of those be mentionned in section 1 ? e.g. in
> shell-script-mode, C-c C-c runs sh-case, which is a skeleton. I think
> it's a great example of all the things mentionned in section 1.

I think adding an example to the manual would be great, but I'm not sure
which.  The one you mention seems a bit excessive for the manual...

(define-skeleton sh-case
  "Insert a case/switch statement.  See `sh-feature'."
  (csh "expression: "
       "switch( " str " )" \n
       > "case " (read-string "pattern: ") ?: \n
       > _ \n
       "breaksw" \n
       ( "other pattern, %s: "
	 < "case " str ?: \n
	 > _ \n
	 "breaksw" \n)
       < "default:" \n
       > _ \n
       resume:
       < < "endsw" \n)
  (es)
  (rc "expression: "
      > "switch( " str " ) {" \n
      > "case " (read-string "pattern: ") \n
      > _ \n
      ( "other pattern, %s: "
	"case " str > \n
	> _ \n)
      "case *" > \n
      > _ \n
      resume:
      ?\} > \n)
  (sh "expression: "
      > "case " str " in" \n
      ( "pattern, %s: "
	> str sh-non-closing-paren \n
	> _ \n
	";;" \n)
      > "*" sh-non-closing-paren \n
      > _ \n
      resume:
      "esac" > \n))

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