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Subject: Re: org-babel - utility to ease chopping src chunks into	smaller org
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Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm late to this discussion, but just a lateral thought:
>
> Would you consider rewriting this as `org-demarcate-block' or similar, 
> to operate on all #+begin_...end blocks, not just src?
>
> If generalized this function could be equally useful for non-src 
> blocks as well. Example blocks come immediately to mind, but there are 
> non-coding applications too.
>
> For instance, I store many notes with quotes from various texts, 
> sometimes in fairly long =#+begin_quote= blocks, which I then need to 
> split up when I want to write an extended discussion of a passage, 
> quoting a few lines at a time.
>
> For those who use verse blocks (I all too seldom have the need...), it 
> may be even more useful.

I think thats a great idea.