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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: function for inserting a block
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:55:46 +0200
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To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
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Hello,

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 5:43 PM Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> @Eric: I believe you were sort of onboard with this suggestion, just gated by a doubt if this actually can make into master. 
>
> In principle yes, I agree it's odd to have two completely different
> systems for essentially doing the same thing.

I agree, but I don't like much the easy template system. We're basically
re-inventing the wheel. Better solutions already exist. Some of them
even ship with Emacs.

I think the function could replace the template system altogether. It's
easy enough to mimic current system with, e.g., Yasnippet.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou