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Is there a way to define a default language for org-mode code blocks in the docuement header? Usually, within one org document, I only use one programming language, so it's getting tiresome to always write
#+BEGIN_SRC python
[...]
#+END_SRC
It would be nice to be able to do something like
#+PROPERTY: header-args :session *mysession* :tangle yes :results silent :language python
[...]
#+BEGIN_SRC
[...]
#+END_SRC
Is there any way to achieve this?
This answer provides a workable workaround.
The easiest way to do this would be using easy templates. Add your templates to the org-structure-template-alist:
(add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
'("py" "#+BEGIN_SRC python :results output\n?\n#+END_SRC" ""))
The question mark indicates the cursor position. Insert the code block with <py TAB in this case.
#+BEGIN_SRC python instead of just #+BEGIN_SRC -- this makes the source file a bit harder to read, for example.
Jun 11, 2018 at 17:22
("py" . "src python :results output").
Apr 20, 2022 at 16:47
<sfollowed by theTABkey will auto expand into the source code block structure and then you simply need to typepython, go to the next line and fill in the code.#+BEGIN_SRC pythonin the.orgfile) is Probably you would have to modify org-babel-get-src-block-info so that it returns a default when there is nothing after #+BEGIN_SRC