From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: why is 'no' the default value of :tangle
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:23:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86wqs2vq7r.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2eheaaoo8.fsf@christianmoe.com
Christian Moe wrote:
> Guido Van Hoecke writes:
>> I am wondering why the default value of header argument :tangle is 'no'
>> rather than 'yes'.
>
> FWIW, the default makes sense to me. A document might contain lots of
> little code blocks for one purpose or another (testing, little
> utilities, version archive, etc.) that you don't want included in the
> tangled product.
>
>> Back to google-calendar.org as an example.
>>
>> Is it normal that whomever wants to use the embedded elisp file needs
>> to edit the source and e.g. insert a '#+PROPERTY: tangle yes'?
>>
>> It is clear that this file will need to be tangled by every single
>> person that wants to use the embedded code, so should the default not
>> allow for tangling without having the edit the input file?
>
> Well, if you're distributing code for others to use in the form of
> source blocks in Org documents, it may be a courtesy to set `:tangle
> yes'.
>
> But that doesn't necessarily give users the tangled result where they
> want it on their system, with the filename they want, so they will often
> have to edit it anyway.
And you can change the default for your Org installation, by changing the
default of the "tangle" header argument in your .emacs file:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
;; add default arguments
(add-to-list 'org-babel-default-header-args
'(:tangle . "yes"))
#+end_src
Best regards,
Seb
--
Sebastien Vauban
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-16 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-16 7:18 why is 'no' the default value of :tangle Guido Van Hoecke
2013-04-16 8:02 ` Christian Moe
2013-04-16 8:23 ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2013-04-16 13:09 ` Guido Van Hoecke
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