Org Mode Structure Templates with emacs-lisp

Question

I can insert a src structure template with

C-c C-, s

, but do I have to write the language every time?

Is there some expansion or completion mode that can show the available languages?;)

Answer 1

You can add entries to org-structure-template-alist, e.g.

#+begin_src elisp
  (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
               '("sl" . "src elisp"))
  (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
               '("sp" . "src python"))
  (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
               '("sh" . "src shell"))

#+end_src

Then when you say C-c C-, s, you'll get a submenu with the options above:

s[h]     src shell
s[p]     src python
s[l]     src elisp
s[    ]  src

The last one is what you get if you press SP or TAB after the s.