Re: Bug: org-insert-structure-template leaves point at inconvenient place [9.1.14 (9.1.14-932-gf82a30-elpaplus @ .emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20180923/)]

[Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe>]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 2:14 PM Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
>
> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:
> >
> >> org-insert-structure-template (C-c C-,) leaves point at an inconvenient
> >> place (X marks the spot):
> >>
> >> #+begin_example
> >> X#+end_example
> >>
> >> My expectation is that right after inserting the template, I can start
> >> typing or yank right into it:
> >>
> >> #+begin_example
> >> X
> >> #+end_example
> >
> > Use `C-o'.
> >
> > I think the current behaviour is better because you can yank text within
> > the newly created block without dealing with a blank line later on.
>
> I also prefer the current behaviour.
>
> I regularly use C-c C-, e C-c ' C-y C-c '
>
> to create and populate my example blocks.  This handles the newline
> correctly and does not break the syntax.  This also has the benefit of
> properly escaping text that interferes with org's syntax.

That's very interesting.  Perhaps this is too invasive, but maybe C-c
C-, should do C-c ' automatically?

Since the user almost certainly wants to populate the block
immediately, this saves the user a step,
and also handles characters to escape and a missing final newline correctly.

>
> When you have text in the kill buffer that looks like org headlines it
> pastes outside the example block -- which is proper behaviour when
> moving headlines around.
>
> try this:
>
> C-c C-, e C-y
> with the following your yank buffer
>
> --------
> *** one
> some text
> *** two
> more text
> --------
>
> You can't paste that inside
>
> #begin_example
> #end_example
>
> or
>
> #begin_example
>
> #end_example
>
> Regards,
> Bernt