Re: shortcut keys for mark ups

[Xin Shi <xs32@cornell.edu>]

Hi Bernt,

Thanks for your reply! That's what I was trying to do. But I think 
Carsten's suggestion of using the "org-structure-template-alist" is more 
appealing to general user.

Xin


Bernt Hansen wrote:
> Xin Shi <xs32@cornell.edu> writes:
>
>   
>> In org mode, are there any shortcut keys for typing the following mark-ups?
>>
>> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>> #+END_EXAMPLE
>>     
>
> Not that I'm aware of.  You can use a function like the following to
> achieve this - or maybe you can use yasnippets (I've never tried that
> yet)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (defun bth-begin-example ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
>     (beginning-of-line)
>     (insert "#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n")
>     (end-of-line)
>     (insert "\n#+END_EXAMPLE")))
>
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "<f9> e") 'bth-begin-example)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Then you can just type <f9> e while on a line and it'll put the EXAMPLE
> block around the current line.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Bernt
>