With just a few keystrokes, it is possible to insert empty structural blocks, such as ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ … ‘#+END_SRC’, or to wrap existing text in such a block.
org-insert-structure-template) ¶Prompt for a type of block structure, and insert the block at point. If the region is active, it is wrapped in the block. First prompts the user for keys, which are used to look up a structure type from the variable below. If the key is TAB, RET, or SPC, the user is prompted to enter a block type.
Available structure types are defined in
org-structure-template-alist, see the docstring for adding or
changing values.
Org Tempo expands snippets to structures defined in
org-structure-template-alist and org-tempo-keywords-alist. For
example, < s TAB creates a code block. Enable it by
customizing org-modules or add ‘(require 'org-tempo)’ to your Emacs
init file146.
| a | ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT ascii’ … ‘#+END_EXPORT’ |
| c | ‘#+BEGIN_CENTER’ … ‘#+END_CENTER’ |
| C | ‘#+BEGIN_COMMENT’ … ‘#+END_COMMENT’ |
| e | ‘#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE’ … ‘#+END_EXAMPLE’ |
| E | ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT’ … ‘#+END_EXPORT’ |
| h | ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT html’ … ‘#+END_EXPORT’ |
| l | ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT latex’ … ‘#+END_EXPORT’ |
| q | ‘#+BEGIN_QUOTE’ … ‘#+END_QUOTE’ |
| s | ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ … ‘#+END_SRC’ |
| v | ‘#+BEGIN_VERSE’ … ‘#+END_VERSE’ |