Hello,
Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hu...@iki.fi> writes:
> One of the most useful properties of LaTeX is \newcommand, which allows
> you to reuse document structures. I really, _really_ miss this feature
> in Org. Org has #+MACRO, but it is limited to a single line. That is
> very inconvenient for any larger structures.
Of course, macro are inconvenient for complex structures. They are not
the right tool for the job. You could use Babel for that, e.g.,
#+name: template
#+header: :var x="" y=""
#+header: :results silent
#+begin_src org
$x
$y
#+end_src
#+call: template("line 1", "line 2") :results replace
#+RESULTS:
line 1
line 2
> Could we have multiline macros, something like
>
> #+BEGIN_MACRO name
> #+END_MACRO
For the record, I think that block syntax is largely overloaded. I'd
rather not introduce a new type of block without a really good reason.
Anyway, is there anything wrong with Babel, as suggested above?
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
