On p.33 of the Org-guide Carsten Dominek writes
you can use #+LATEX: and #+BEGIN_LATEX ... #+END_LATEX construct to add verbatim LATEX code
Is there a keyboard combination or default snippet that automatically types either of those constructs into the .org file in a similar fashion to <s followed by TAB that adds #+BEGIN_SRC? (see minute 3:00 in this youtube tutorial)
These shortcuts are called easy templates. There are defaults for LaTeX lines (<L TAB) and LaTeX blocks (<l TAB).
And you can add your own templates by customizing org-structure-template-alist.
You can make use of this hydra code to assist you in entering many Org block templates:
(defun hot-expand (str) "Expand org template." (insert str) (org-try-structure-completion)) (defhydra hydra-org-template (:color blue :hint nil) " _c_enter _q_uote _L_aTeX: _l_atex _e_xample _i_ndex: _a_scii _v_erse _I_NCLUDE: _s_rc ^ ^ _H_TML: _h_tml ^ ^ _A_SCII: " ("s" (hot-expand "<s")) ("e" (hot-expand "<e")) ("q" (hot-expand "<q")) ("v" (hot-expand "<v")) ("c" (hot-expand "<c")) ("l" (hot-expand "<l")) ("h" (hot-expand "<h")) ("a" (hot-expand "<a")) ("L" (hot-expand "<L")) ("i" (hot-expand "<i")) ("I" (hot-expand "<I")) ("H" (hot-expand "<H")) ("A" (hot-expand "<A")) ("t" (hot-expand "<t")) ("<" self-insert-command "ins") ("o" nil "quit")) (define-key org-mode-map "<" (defun org-self-insert-or-less () (interactive) (if (looking-back "^") (hydra-org-template/body) (self-insert-command 1)))) Here's the hint you'll see in the echo area after pressing < from beginning of line:
