From ece2c8b768b76936c25635d1db5b896e29a8240a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:55:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] skelrc: Shiny new function to return an expanded string.

---
 skelrc | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/skelrc b/skelrc
index ef8c93b..43d6052 100644
--- a/skelrc
+++ b/skelrc
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ its chosen major-mode before calling `skel-include'."
   (let ((val (assq key alist)))
     (and val (cdr val))))
 
+(defun skelrc-expand-text (text)
+  "Return the result of expanding TEXT in the current context.
+
+The context is extended with any new associations formed during
+the expansion."
+  (let* ((alist skel-alist)
+	 (expanded (with-temp-buffer
+		     (let ((skel-alist alist))
+		       (insert text)
+		       (goto-char (point-min))
+		       (skelrc-dribble "before: alist = `%s'" skel-alist)
+		       (skel-do-fill-in)
+		       (setq alist skel-alist)
+		       (buffer-string)))))
+    (setq skel-alist alist)
+    expanded))
+
 (defun skelrc-prefix-lines (prefix lines)
   "Return LINES, each with PREFIX prepended to the beginning.
 
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