On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 5:04 AM, Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:

> Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Kaushal,
> >>
> >> Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > I am suggesting to have a minor mode that simply binds "<" to do the
> >> > template insertion (only when that is typed at BOL with optional
> >> > leading whitespace, or if a region is selected).
> >>
> >> I think this is a great suggestion and brings the best of both the new
> >> and the old system.
> >>
> >> I cannot test this myself until this week-end, but I'd happy too then.
> >>
> >
> > I guess I missed this ocnversation while I was busy wiht other stuff  --
> > the old easy templating has been removed? I am certainly very sorry to
> see
> > it go, esp. as I have found yasnippet to work only intermittently in
> > org-mode buffers (at least for me).   I see Kaushal has added it back in
> > his config files, but if someone has a slightly less specialized solution
> > for restoring it I would love to see it.
> >
> > I see Nicolas's point that this functionality exists elsewhere, but maybe
> > someone can point to a ready-made replacement for those of us who rely on
> > <s, etc., as part of our daily workflow?
>
> (require ’org-tempo)
>
> At the moment you can only use one character after the "<"
> cf. ‘org-structure-template-alist’.  Perhaps this will change in the
> future.
>
> ah ok, thank you both for the clarification, this helps a lot.

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