Re: [O] Restore old easy template feature (Re: function for inserting a block)

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Matt Price <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Bastien Guerry <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  Hi Kaushal,
>
>  Kaushal Modi <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  > I am suggesting to have a minor mode that simply binds "<" to do the
>  > template insertion (only when that is typed at BOL with optional
>  > leading whitespace, or if a region is selected).
>
>  I think this is a great suggestion and brings the best of both the new
>  and the old system.
>
>  I cannot test this myself until this week-end, but I'd happy too then.
>
> I guess I missed this ocnversation while I was busy wiht other stuff  -- the 
> old easy templating has been removed? I am certainly very sorry to see it go, 
> esp. as I have
> found yasnippet to work only intermittently in org-mode buffers (at least for 
> me).   I see Kaushal has added it back in his config files, but if someone 
> has a slightly less
> specialized solution for restoring it I would love to see it. 

It's on its way back! Just slowly. Rasmus has added org-tempo.el, which
you can require to pretty much restore the old functionality. Just don't
customize anything yet, as some of the options are likely to change.

Eric