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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Multi-line macros (again)
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 11:25:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y41xkh77.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87int49z1k.fsf@iki.fi> (Jarmo Hurri's message of "Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:30:31 +0300")

Hello,

Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi> writes:

> One of the most useful properties of LaTeX is \newcommand, which allows
> you to reuse document structures. I really, _really_ miss this feature
> in Org. Org has #+MACRO, but it is limited to a single line. That is
> very inconvenient for any larger structures.

Of course, macro are inconvenient for complex structures. They are not
the right tool for the job. You could use Babel for that, e.g.,

  #+name: template
  #+header: :var x="" y=""
  #+header: :results silent
  #+begin_src org
  $x
  $y
  #+end_src

  #+call: template("line 1", "line 2") :results replace

  #+RESULTS:
  line 1
  line 2

> Could we have multiline macros, something like
>
> #+BEGIN_MACRO name
> #+END_MACRO

For the record, I think that block syntax is largely overloaded. I'd
rather not introduce a new type of block without a really good reason.

Anyway, is there anything wrong with Babel, as suggested above?

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2016-10-09  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-07 11:30 Multi-line macros (again) Jarmo Hurri
2016-10-09  9:25 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2016-10-12  9:56   ` Rasmus
2016-10-12 10:22     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-12 10:29       ` Rasmus

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