Re: [Orgmode] Re: [Babel] Macro for begin_src?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:55:51 -1000, "Thomas S. Dye" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Matt Lundin wrote:
> > 1. The first and simplest option is built into org-mode. Simply type:
> >
> > <s [TAB] or [M-TAB]

Thanks Matt for this.  I'd forgotten about the built-in definitions.
These do make many of my yasnippets superfluous.

> Neat.  What would you use yasnippets for, if anything?
> 
> All the best,
> Tom

Good question!  One case I would still use yasnippets for is more
complex constructions.  For instance, I use tikz a lot for creating
drawings for teaching.  For a given course, many of these drawings are
similar.  One snippet I have is:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#name : tikz
# --
#+begin_latex 
\tikzstyle{unit}=[rectangle, draw=blue!80!black, fill=black!5!white]
\tikzstyle{stream}=[rectangle, draw=white, fill=yellow!50!white]
\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance=2cm]
  \node[stream] (feed) {Feed};
  \node[unit] (reactor) [right of=feed] {Reactor} edge [<-] (feed);
  \node[unit] (separator) [right of=reactor] {Separation} edge [<-] (reactor);
$0
\end{tikzpicture}
#+end_latex
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Before Carsten implemented the beamer option in org-mode, I also had a
snippet for setting up columns with blocks in org-mode for my custom
beamer setup I used to have.