Re: [O] function for inserting a block

[Thomas S. Dye]

Eric Abrahamsen writes:

> Rasmus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>>> Also, Eric, it seems that org-structure-template-alist only supports a
>>>> single letter for short-hands (the car of an entry in
>>>> org-structure-template-alist is a char).  I used to have blocks like "<ab"
>>>> expanding to an "abstract" special-block, which I guess isn’t possible
>>>> anymore?
>>>
>>> I hadn't thought of that. Really, all I ever wanted was to wrap things
>>> in blocks...
>>>
>>> I don't see any reason why org-structure-template-alist couldn't go back
>>> to using string keys. Then we could use read-string, and wouldn't have
>>> to have special <TAB> behavior -- a string that didn't exist in the
>>> alist could just be used literally to make a block.
>>
>> I’d prefer that.  For some special blocks, a few characters might makes it
>> more intuitive, e.g. "def" → "definition", "hyp" → "hypothesis" etc.
>
> Here's the simplest solution.
>
> There still remains the fact that `org-structure-template-alist' has
> changed format, and `org-try-structure-completion' no longer exists.
> That may still annoy some people who were using the internals of the
> process, but...

Would something like this work?

(defun org-try-structure-completion ()
  (tempo-complete-tag))

All the best,
Tom

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