diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/autoload.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/autoload.yasnippet
index fe8a4e8..8713592 100755
--- a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/autoload.yasnippet
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/autoload.yasnippet
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
 #name: autoload
 # --
-(autoload 'FUNCNAME$0 "FILENAME" & "DOCSTRING" INTERACTIVE TYPE)
+(autoload 'FUNCNAME$0 "FILENAME" &optional "DOCSTRING" INTERACTIVE TYPE)
 
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cdr.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cdr.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6733410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cdr.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: cdr
+# --
+(cdr $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/concat.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/concat.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5be485d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/concat.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: concat
+# --
+(concat $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cond.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cond.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..36340f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cond.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: cond
+# --
+(cond
+(CONDITION$0 BODY)
+(CONDITION BODY)
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cons.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cons.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a9e0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/cons.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: cons
+# --
+(cons $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defcustom.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defcustom.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3ec54d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defcustom.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: defcustom
+# --
+(defcustom $0 VALUE "DOC" &optional ARGS)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defvar.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defvar.yasnippet
index f027c06..cc623d8 100755
--- a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defvar.yasnippet
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/defvar.yasnippet
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
 #name: defvar
 # --
-(defvar SYMBOL & INITVALUE "DOCSTRING")
\ No newline at end of file
+(defvar SYMBOL &optional INITVALUE "DOCSTRING")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/eq.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/eq.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..564fcdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/eq.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: eq
+# --
+(eq $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/error.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/error.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95914b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/error.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: error
+# --
+(error "$0" &optional ARGS)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/format.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/format.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d0019af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/format.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: format
+# --
+(format $0 &optional OBJECTS)
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/goto-char.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/goto-char.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4cbddd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/goto-char.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: goto-char
+# --
+(goto-char $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/insert.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/insert.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..37e9264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/insert.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: insert
+# --
+(insert $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/interactive.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/interactive.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad88e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/interactive.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: interactive
+# --
+(interactive)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/lambda.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/lambda.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dc192a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/lambda.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: lambda
+# --
+(lambda ($0) "DOCSTRING" (interactive) BODY)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/length.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/length.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..efba78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/length.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: length
+# --
+(length $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/list.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/list.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ec1c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/list.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: list
+# --
+(list $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/message.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/message.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f7a88de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/message.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: message
+# --
+(message "FORMATSTRING$0" &optional ARGS)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/nth.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/nth.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eb9057f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/nth.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: nth
+# --
+(nth N$0 LIST)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/point-min.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/point-min.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9789afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/point-min.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: point-min
+# --
+(point-min)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/point.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/point.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ef0f7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/point.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: point
+# --
+(point)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/progn.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/progn.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..17ce1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/progn.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: progn
+# --
+(progn $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/put.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/put.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c5b953e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/put.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: put
+# --
+(put $0 PROPNAME VALUE)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/save-excursion.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/save-excursion.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..14e4748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/save-excursion.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: save-excursion
+# --
+(save-excursion $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/string-match.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/string-match.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0bfdcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/string-match.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: string-match
+# --
+(string-match "REGEXP$0" "STRING" &optional START)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/unless.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/unless.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5a71370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/unless.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: unless
+# --
+(unless $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/when.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/when.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eb3b9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/when.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: when
+# --
+(when $0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/while.yasnippet b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/while.yasnippet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ed5f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/emacs-lisp-mode/while.yasnippet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#contributor: Xah Lee (XahLee.org)
+#name: while
+# --
+(while $0)
\ No newline at end of file