From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Butler Subject: Re: Best way to template a big table Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:26:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36032) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ifMcP-0005Xf-MT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:26:54 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ifMcN-0001HX-S3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:26:52 -0500 Received: from smtp.egensajt.se ([193.42.159.246]:44570) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ifMcN-0001An-2e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2019 06:26:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi On 2019-12-12 07:05, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: > I've got a big table that I would like to create a template for, i.e., > the rows and columns and the myriad | and -. Then a key chord would > produce it in an org file ready for values to be entered. I've seen > the post-9.2 tempo-define-template, but that looks more suited to > smaller things. There is Emacs Skeleton, but I'd like to ask people > who perhaps have faced this issue before for a "best practice" answer. > > LB Not sure about 'best practice', but yasnippet works well. Simon