(add-hook 'find-file-hooks 
	     '(lambda ()
		 (auto-insert)
		))

##</code><code>##

(setq auto-insert-copyright (user-full-name))

(setq auto-insert-alist
    '(
      ((perl-mode . "Perl Program")
      nil
      "#! /usr/bin/perl -w\n\n"
      "# File: " (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name) "\n"
      "# Time-stamp: <>\n#\n"
      "# Copyright (C) " (substring (current-time-string) -4)
      " by " auto-insert-copyright "\n#\n"
      "# Author: "(user-full-name) "\n#\n"
      (progn (save-buffer)
        (shell-command (format "chmod +x %s" (buffer-file-name)))
      "")
      "# Description:\n# " _ "\n"
     )
))

##</code><code>##

(define-skeleton ska-skel-perl-sub
  "Insert a perl subroutine with arguments."
  "Subroutine name: "
  "sub " str " {"
  \n "my (" ("Argument name: " "$" str ", ") -2 ") = @_;"
  "\n"
  \n _
  \n "}" '(progn (indent-according-to-mode) nil)
  \n)

;; any other way to get a time format string?
(require 'time-stamp)
(define-skeleton ska-skel-perl-prog-id
  "Insert perl program identification."
  (nil)
  (insert-char ?# 60) \n
  "#" (insert-char ? 18) "PROGRAMM IDENTIFICATION" (insert-char ? 17)
  "#"\n
  (insert-char ?# 60) \n
  "my $program = \"" (file-name-nondirectory
					  (file-name-sans-extension buffer-file-name))
					  "\";"\n
  "my $filedate=\"" (time-stamp-strftime "%y-%m-%d") "\";"\n
  "my $fileversion=\"0.01\";"\n
  "my $copyright = \"Copyright (C) " 
       (substring (current-time-string) -4)
  " by " (user-full-name) "\";"\n
  "my $title = \"$program $fileversion, $filedate - $copyright\";"
)

(define-skeleton ska-skel-perl-options
  "Insert perl program getopt stuff."
  (nil)
  (save-excursion
	(if (re-search-backward "^use" (beginning-of-buffer) t)
		(progn (end-of-line)
			   (newline-and-indent))
	  (progn (beginning-of-buffer)
	            (while (string-match "^#" (char-to-string (char-after)))
			   (forward-line))))
	(insert "use Getopt::Long;") 
    (indent-according-to-mode)
    (insert "\n")
	nil)
  (insert-char ?# 60) \n
  "#" (insert-char ? 26) "OPTIONS" (insert-char ? 25)
  "#"\n
  (insert-char ?# 60) \n
  "my $opt_help = 0;"\n
  "my $opt_version = 0;"\n
  "my $ret = GetOptions("\n
  "\"help!\","\n
  "\"version!\""\n
  ");"\n
)

##</code><code>##

  (local-set-key '[(control b) (control s)]  'ska-skel-perl-sub)
  (local-set-key '[(control b) (control i)]  'ska-skel-perl-prog-id)
  (local-set-key '[(control b) (control o)]  'ska-skel-perl-options)

##</code><code>##

C-h f skeleton-insert