Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > Hello, > > Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hu...@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?
To me, the syntax is a bit tiresome for inline calls, call_<name>[<inside header arguments>](<arguments>)[<end header arguments>] You almost always have to tweak the header arguments to get it to work properly. E.g. I think it prints return values as code by default (e.g. "=ยท="). I wonder if we could allow remote editing of macros like with table formulas. Rasmus -- Dung makes an excellent fertilizer