Tip: Writing Lines from Bindings

Question: So, I can setup some bindings to write text. What if I want to write several lines? . . .

Problem: Using the

(global-set-key '[(control c)(n)] "str1" "str2" "str3")

doesn't work. Well, the global-set-key LISP function only expects one string as the last parameter. Or you could embed control characters in the string.

Solution 1: One way is to include a \n newline character.

"str1\nstr2\nstr3"

Solution 2: Or you can use the (kbd function and keep a cleaner look.

"str1 RET str2 RET str3 RET"

Platform: Linux
Level: Amateur
GlR

PS. Next time, I show how to do this by setting up abbreviations, instead.