Re: [O] how to insert a source template

[Matt Lundin]

"Eric Schulte" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Petro,
>
> You can use yasnippet to expand keywords into templates (like code
> blocks) with TAB, see the following for instructions on using yasnippet
> with Org-mode [1].
>
> Alternately you could add the following elisp code to your config, and
> bind the `org-insert-block' function to a comfortable key combination.
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   (defun org-insert-block (lang)
>     (interactive "Mlanguage: ")
>     (insert (format "#+begin_src %s\n  \n#+end_src" lang))
>     (goto-char (- (point) 10)))
> #+end_src

There is also a nice FAQ that outlines the various options:

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#shortcuts-for-entering-source-blocks

Best,
Matt