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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Subject: Re: function for inserting a block
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:01:15 -0800
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Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Nicolas,
>
> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
>> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> is there a simple mechanism in Emacs core to restore the same
>>> functionnality?
>>
>> Of course, it is called Abbrev mode: (info "(emacs)Abbrev
>> Concepts").
>
> Abbrev only expands on words constituents, so "<s" would not work.
>
>> You may also use (info "(autotype)Using Skeletons") for more advanced
>> uses.
>
> I see.  So combining the two, we would have something like this:
>
> (define-skeleton org-skeleton-src-block
>      "" nil
>      >
>      "#+begin_src" \n
>      _ \n
>      "#+end_src")
>
> (define-abbrev org-mode-abbrev-table "<s"
>       "" 'org-skeleton-src-block)
>
> ... modulo the restriction on "<s" mentioned above.
>
> I need to think about this and Kaushal proposal to see if we can
> come up with a simple and backward-compatible solution.
>
> Already thanks for the pointers.

I'd be happy to add something to the manual, once we've got a clear way
of replicating the old system.