insert-string(2)

NAME

insert-string - Insert character string into current buffer

SYNOPSIS

n insert-string "string"

DESCRIPTION

insert-string inserts a string n times into the current buffer, moving the cursor position.

insert-string allows text to be built in a buffer without reading it from a file. Some special escape characters are interpreted in the string, as follows:

\n - Enters a new line
\t - A tab character
\b - Backspace
\f - Form-feed
\\ - Literal backslash character '\'
\xXX - Hexadecimal value of character ASCII value

SEE ALSO

insert-file(2), insert-newline(2), insert-space(2), insert-tab(2), newline(2).

(c) Copyright JASSPA 1999
Last Modified: 1997/06/03
Generated On: 1999/12/01