I agree. I hope this feature too. +1
On 11/10/2017 05:31 PM, Rasmus wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> 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. > > Thanks, > Rasmus >
