Rex Eastbourne wrote:
> The math macros are great. I'm wondering if I can similarly define
> macros with arguments outside of math mode. When I TeX I often
> define macros with or without arguments. Are these possible?
Sorry, no. You could cheat though and define a math macro to insert,
say, $\text{foo bar}$
> Alternatively, can one define templates of text to insert with a
> keyboard command?
You can bind a keyboard shortcut to most anything. There's lots of
stuff on the wiki about this. Search for "LFUN"