Re: Adding Easy Templates

[Daniel E. Doherty <ded-law@ddoherty.net>]

Gentlemen:

For the record, I combined Carsten and Nick's suggestion, so here is
what I now have in my init file, and it works:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (eval-after-load 'org
    '(progn
      (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
                   '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src" ""))
      (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
                   '("j"
                   "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote"
                   ""))))
#+end_src

Carsten, I appreciate the explanation for why my quoting didn't work.  I
will now be adding many more of these Easy Templates to my init file,
they are a great shortcut.

Regards,


At Wed, 23 May 2012 15:35:23 +0200,
Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On May 23, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> 
> > Hi Daniel,
> > 
> > you need to quote the entire form, i.e. the progn;
> > 
> > (eval-after-load 'org
> >   '(progn
> >     (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> >                  '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src"))
> >     (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> >                  '("j" "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote"))))
> > 
> > This is because the entire form is stored for execution after loading org - but in your case it was
> > evaluated immediately...
> 
> ....
> 
> so what happens is that the result of the second add-to-list command (that result is the extended list) is stored and then evaluated after org.el is loaded.  So at that point in time, Emacs tries to evaluate
> 
> 
>     (("j" ......
> 
> Which is of cause not valid because the first element in that list `("j" ...' is not a function.
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> 
> > 
> > - Carsten
> > 
> > On May 23, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Daniel E. Doherty wrote:
> > 
> >> All,
> >> 
> >> I really like the Easy Template facility, and would like to add some of
> >> my own.  However, I am having trouble with the elisp syntax.  I would
> >> like to add a couple in my init file, but am having no luck.  Here is
> >> what I have now:
> >> =========================
> >> (eval-after-load 'org
> >>   (progn
> >>     (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> >>                  (list '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src")))
> >>     (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> >>                  (list '("j" "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote")))))
> >> =========================
> >> Which yeilds:
> >> =========================
> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-function (("j" "#+begin_quote
> >> ||Dr|Cr|
> >> |-
> >> |?|$||
> >> |||$|
> >> #+end_quote")))
> >> =========================
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I have also tried this:
> >> =========================
> >> (eval-after-load 'org
> >>   (progn
> >>     (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> >>                  '("m" "#+begin_src emacs-lisp\n?\n#+end_src"))
> >>     (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
> >>                  '("j" "#+begin_quote\n||Dr|Cr|\n|-\n|?|$||\n|||$|\n#+end_quote"))))
> >> =========================
> >> Which spits out a similar error.  I am quoting the list, so I don't
> >> understand why elisp is interpteting it as a function.  In the first
> >> case, I even quote it twice.
> >> 
> >> Any help?
> >> 
> >> Thanks.
> >> 
> >> Dan Doherty
> >> 
> > 
> > - Carsten
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> 
> 
>