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From: roland@ai.mit.edu (Roland McGrath)
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Subject: Re: auto exec of certain command on each buffer
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In-Reply-To: baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU's message of 19 Nov 90 06:25:03 GMT

In article <29979@boulder.Colorado.EDU> baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R) writes:

   How can I have each buffer automatically display the time (M-x display-time)?

   For instance, I want the time displayed in every buffer I create, and each
   buffer created as a result of the command line.  I assume that the solution
   to this will go in my .emacs file.  

display-time affects all buffers' mode lines (except for buffers which have
specially twiddled mode lines, like GNUS's buffers (there is a GNUS option for
whether to have display-time take effect in those buffers)).  To get
display-time all the time, put:
  (display-time)
in your .emacs.

   Also, is there a generic way to do this?  In other words, what if I want
   to execute some other commands automatically.  Some things I might want to
   do would be create a dired window every time I run emacs, or run mail
   automatically in a window each time I run emacs, etc.  Thanks!

Put the lisp code to do these things in .emacs.  For example:

  (dired "~") ; Run dired on ~.
  (rmail)     ; Read mail.

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	Roland McGrath
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