On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 2:14 PM Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> wrote: > > Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > Allen Li <darkfel...@felesatra.moe> writes: > > > >> org-insert-structure-template (C-c C-,) leaves point at an inconvenient > >> place (X marks the spot): > >> > >> #+begin_example > >> X#+end_example > >> > >> My expectation is that right after inserting the template, I can start > >> typing or yank right into it: > >> > >> #+begin_example > >> X > >> #+end_example > > > > Use `C-o'. > > > > I think the current behaviour is better because you can yank text within > > the newly created block without dealing with a blank line later on. > > I also prefer the current behaviour. > > I regularly use C-c C-, e C-c ' C-y C-c ' > > to create and populate my example blocks. This handles the newline > correctly and does not break the syntax. This also has the benefit of > properly escaping text that interferes with org's syntax.
That's very interesting. Perhaps this is too invasive, but maybe C-c C-, should do C-c ' automatically? Since the user almost certainly wants to populate the block immediately, this saves the user a step, and also handles characters to escape and a missing final newline correctly. > > When you have text in the kill buffer that looks like org headlines it > pastes outside the example block -- which is proper behaviour when > moving headlines around. > > try this: > > C-c C-, e C-y > with the following your yank buffer > > -------- > *** one > some text > *** two > more text > -------- > > You can't paste that inside > > #begin_example > #end_example > > or > > #begin_example > > #end_example > > Regards, > Bernt
