Org-mode latex environment in drawer

Question

I use a custom LaTeX environment that creates a quotation box on export. A sample code looks like this:

* Org-mode heading

Here is a witty quote from a witty chap:

\begin{fancyquote}

Witty quote!

\end{fancyquote}

To maintain readability of the org-file itself, I would rather use something like this:

* Org-mode heading

Here is a witty quote from a witty chap:

** Witty quote :ignore:
:LATEXENVIRONMENT:
:PREFIX: \begin{fancyquote}
:POSTFIX: \end{fancyquote}
:END:

    Witty quote!

On export the LaTeX code in PREFIX and POSTFIX is then wrapped around the content of the heading, the heading itself not being exported.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Use special blocks:

#+begin_fancyquote
 Something very witty!
#+end_fancyquote

Answer 2

I. The custom link type approach

One can define a custom link type, for example latexenv with org-add-link-type that wraps a specified latex environment around the text:

1. Definition of the new link type with a babel code block:

   #+name: latex-env
   #+begin_src emacs-lisp   
   (org-add-link-type
    "latexenv" nil
      (lambda (path desc format)
        (when(eq format 'latex)
         (format "\\begin{%s}%s\\end{%s}" path desc path))))
   #+end_src
   

2. Use the link type with the desired LaTeX environment, for example fancyquote:

   [[latexenv:fancyquote][This text is within the environment fancyquote]]
   

II. The special block solution

As @éric pointed out in his answer, org-mode allows to use special blocks. Here is an example with a fictional environment fancyquote with parameters:

#+ATTR_LATEX: options: [Here]{There}{That}
#+begin_fancyquote 
Something witty!
#+end_fancyquote

This will export to LaTeX as:

\begin{fancyquote}[Here]{There}{That}
  Something witty!
\end{fancyquote}