On 9 Dec 2015 08:10, "Eric S Fraga" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday,  8 Dec 2015 at 17:04, Uwe Brauer wrote:

> > I think the opposite, for example, another missing feature: if you mark
> > a text and one to insert a template around it, say src, that does not
> > work in org-mode, but for it works an environment in auctex.
>
> Yes, I do often find myself killing a bunch of lines, inserting the
> template and then yanking the lines back.
>

It might be worth taking a look at something like yasnippet which provides both easy to insert templates and the wrap-around functionality you would like. It's very easy to write snippets which support both these use cases.

Cheers,

Will