6.7.1.1 Argument :indent

Supplies the INDENT macro. When INDENT is non-nil, then each line is individually indented with indent-according-to-mode during macro processing.

6.7.1.2 Argument :blank

Specifying this argument adds a special :blank handler at the beginning and end of the template. This handler will insert \n if the insertion point is not on a line by itself.

6.7.1.3 Argument :region

If there is an active region via transient-mark-mode, or mouse-drag-region, then the REGION section will be enabled.

In addition, REGIONTEXT will be set to the text in the region, and that region of text will be “killed” from the current buffer.

If standard-output is NOT the current buffer, then the region will not be deleted. In this way, you can safely use :region using templates in arbitrary output streams.

6.7.1.4 Argument :user

Sets up variables about the current user.

AUTHOR

Value of the Emacs function user-full-name

EMAIL

Current Emacs user’s email address.

LOGIN

Current Emacs user’s login name.

UID

Current Emacs user’s login ID.

EMACSINITFILE

This Emacs sessions’ init file.

6.7.1.5 Argument :time

Sets up variables with the current date and time.

YEAR

The current year.

MONTH

The current month as a number.

MONTHNAME

The current month name, unabbreviated.

DAY

The current day as a number.

WEEKDAY

The current day of the week as an abbreviated name

HOUR

The current hour in 24 hour format.

HOUR12

The current hour in 12 hour format.

AMPM

Locale equivalent of AM or PM. Useful with HOUR12.

MINUTE

The current minute.

SECOND

The current second.

TIMEZONE

The timezone string.

DATE

The Locale supported date (%D).

TIME

The Locale supported time format (%X).

6.7.1.6 Argument :file

Sets up variables with details about the current file.

FILENAME

The filename without the directory part of the current buffer.

FILE

The filename without the directory or extension

EXTENSION

The filename extension.

DIRECTORY

The directory in which the current buffer resides.

MODE

Major mode of this buffer.

SHORTMODE

Major mode of this buffer without “-mode”. Useful for inserting the Emacs mode specifier.

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6.7.1.7 Argument :system

Sets up variables with computer system information.

SYSTEMCONF

The “system-configuration”.

SYSTEMTYPE

The “system-type”.

SYSTEMNAME

The “system-name”.

MAILHOST

The name of the machine Emacs derived mail “comes from”.

6.7.1.8 Argument :kill

KILL

The top-most item from the kill ring.

KILL2

The second item in the kill ring.

KILL3

The third item in the kill ring.

KILL4

The fourth item in the kill ring.