Steven Haryanto <stevenharya...@gmail.com> wrote: > I plan to document some parts of Perl source code (more specifically, > description in subroutine > Sub::Spec specification, http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sub-Spec) using Org > format instead of the > canonical POD, hoping to have better table support, more customizable links, > and overall markups > that are nicer to look at (IMO). > > However, one of the nice things of POD (and Wiki, Markdown, etc) for > documenting source code is the > relative simplicity of writing literal examples: an indented paragraph. In > Org we either have to use > the colon+space prefix syntax: > > : this is an example > : another line > : another line > > or the example block: > > #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE > this is an example > another line > another line > #+END_EXAMPLE > > Is there an alternative syntax? If there isn't, would people consider an > alternative syntax (e.g. > say a setting which toggles parsing an indented paragraph as a literal > example)? >
What is the problem with #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE/#+END_EXAMPLE? IOW, why do you need an alternative syntax? If your answer is "too much typing", check out section 15.2, "Easy templates", in the Org manual. Nick
