;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
;;        David J. Biesack

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;;; Commentary:
;; M-x scissors

;; Author: David Biesack (David.Biesack@sas.com  or biesack@mindspring.com)
;; Last Modified By: biesack@mindspring.com
;; Last Modified: Thu Mar 15 17:50:30 2001

(defvar scissors "8<------"
  "string to insert in \\[scissors]")

(defun scissors ()
  "Insert a line of SCISSORS in the buffer"
  (interactive)
  (or (bolp) (beginning-of-line 2))
  (while (<= (current-column) (- (or fill-column 70) (length scissors)))
    (insert scissors))
  (newline))