Narendra Joshi <narendraj9@gmail.com> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>> (require 'mediawiki)
>> ;;(require 'ox-mediawiki)
>> (eval-after-load "org" '(require 'ox-mediawiki nil t))
>> (global-set-key (kbd "M-s-a") 'org-mw-export-to-mediawiki) ;; ("mw" file)
>> (global-set-key (kbd "M-s-e") 'org-mw-export-as-mediawiki) ;; (temporary buffer)
>> #+END_SRC
>> [2017-03-16 Thu 10:30]
>>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>> (defun mediawiki-test-suite ()
>>   (toggle-truncate-lines 0)
>>   (abbrev-mode 1)
>>   (set-fill-column 65000)
>>   (auto-fill-mode 0))
>>
>> (add-hook 'mediawiki-mode-hook #'mediawiki-test-suite)
>> #+END_SRC
>> [2017-03-17 Fri 21:04]
> How do you insert these code blocks that get syntax highlighted in Emacs/Gnus?

Both of these blocks came from my emacs init file, in my case an
org-file, and they then are able to be used as required.

Does this help?

Thanks
Sharon.
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