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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Subject: Re: function for inserting a block
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:18:58 -0700
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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> 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.

In that case, would you be more in favor of a keymap-plus-subkey system,
or a keymap-plus-prompt system?