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I want to append \n to specific easy-template

before 9.2 I could:

(setq org-structure-template-alist
      '(("s" "#+BEGIN_SRC ?\n\n#+END_SRC\n")
       ("e" "#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n?\n#+END_EXAMPLE\n")
       ("q" "#+BEGIN_QUOTE\n?\n#+END_QUOTE\n")
       ("v" "#+BEGIN_VERSE\n?\n#+END_VERSE\n")
       ("V" "#+BEGIN_VERBATIM\n?\n#+END_VERBATIM\n")))

the new value looks like this

Value: (("a" . "export ascii")
 ("c" . "center")
 ("C" . "comment")
 ("e" . "example")
 ("E" . "export")
 ("h" . "export html")
 ("l" . "export latex")
 ("q" . "quote")
 ("s" . "src")
 ("v" . "verse"))

more abstract but I can no longer do what I used to do.

any solution?

nichijou
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    For specific patterns I now use yasnippet (https://github.com/joaotavora/yasnippet) which is very versatile. – Lgen Aug 31 '19 at 18:48
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    The new template mechanism already adds a newline at the end. Try C-c C-, s shell RET e.g. It also has the great advantage that it will wrap a block around a selected region. You can also load org-tempo and use the old <sTAB mechanism to insert a template and you can apparently use tempo templates to do more complicated things, but I have not felt the need to do so yet. – NickD Sep 01 '19 at 02:23
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    @NickD No, there is no extra \n added at the end. BTW wrap a block around a selected region is neat! never know this. – nichijou Sep 01 '19 at 06:12
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    You can use tempo-define-template, as I explained in this answer. – Omar Sep 01 '19 at 18:19
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    @nichijou: if you start with an empty buffer and do C-c C-, s shell RET and then do M-> to go to the end of the buffer, do you really end up at the end of the #+end_src line? Not at the line below it? BTW, there is no extra newline: just one newline at the end. – NickD Sep 02 '19 at 01:54

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I also prefer a new line between the begin and end markers, you can customize org-structure-template-alist to add a new line between the begin and end markers, such as:

(setq org-structure-template-alist
  '(("a" . "export ascii\n")
    ("c" . "center\n")
    ("C" . "comment\n")
    ("e" . "example\n")
    ("E" . "export")
    ("h" . "export html\n")
    ("l" . "export latex\n")
    ("q" . "quote\n")
    ("s" . "src")
    ("v" . "verse\n")))

after this, when the C-c C-, will have a \n line between the begin and end markers:

#+BEGIN_QUOTE

#+END_QUOTE
zhouji
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    Can confirm this works. Although because there is no "\n" in ("s" . "src") in the above code, it first did not work for me. And the "\n" also extends the dispatcher/selcetion window with a newline for every "\n" in the list. – breathe_in_breathe_out Jul 24 '20 at 10:20