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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
Subject: Re: org-edit-file ?
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:32:19 +0200
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To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>

Hi Dov,

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

>> have a a new command org-edit-file that would:
>>
>>     If the file does not exist, copy a skeleton file to the filename
>>     or generate the skeleton file by an emacs-function or by calling
>>     an external application.

Such a functionality belongs to Emacs itself rather than Org-mode. 
Are you aware of existing templating facilities?

  http://emacs-template.sourceforge.net/

>>     Call the configured editor application on the new file.
>>     If invoked with Ctrl-u , allow the user to specify what editor to
>>     run on the file, e.g. inkscape, or killustrator on svg files.
>>
>> Does something like this already exists?
>
> Start from C-h f org-open-file.

Indeed!

Best,

-- 
 Bastien