Elisp Snippets
Some useful Elisp snippets. Random number Generate a random number between min and max positive integers. Note: We are adding 1 to max to make it an inclusive range. (defun random-num (max &optional min) (let* ((num (random ( 1+ max )))) (if min (max min num) num))) Random color (defun random-color-rgb () (list (random 256) (random 256) (random 256))) (defun random-color-html () (apply #'format "#%02x%02x%02x" (random-color-rgb))) Random face color Generate a random valid color for a font face. (defun random-color-face () (let* ((colors (defined-colors)) (n (length colors))) (nth (random n) colors))) HTML Text HTML uses HTML entities for special characters. e.g. & entity for & (ampersand). ;; Buffer text to HTML Text (xml-escape-string STRING) ;; HTML Text to buffer text (xml-substitute-special STRING) Sym...