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* Noisy and unreliable (de-)tangling
@ 2024-10-21 21:04 Rudolf Adamkovič
  2024-10-22 15:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Rudolf Adamkovič @ 2024-10-21 21:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Howdy!

So, I started (de-)tangling heavily, to get some "IDE" support, and
oh-my, what a buggy mess it is.  Not only are tangling comments
super-noisy, the `org-babel-detangle' function is *unreliable*.  If
multiple sections have the same title, such as "Implementation", it
leads to *data loss*.

I think we should rethink this functionality with *readability* and
*reliability* in mind.  The best solution, perhaps, would be to use IDs
for `:comments yes' if `org-id-link-to-org-use-id' is set.  Otherwise,
require `#+NAME', or some other reliable mechanism.  For example:

# >>> TANGLE: <id>
...
# <<< TANGLE: <id>

(Python '#' comments shown above.)

What do you think?

Also ... anyone with some spare time on their hands? :)

P.S. As a cherry on top, it would be also nice to have a minor mode that
highlights tangling comments, jumps back to the relevant Org heading,
etc.

Rudy
-- 
"The introduction of suitable abstractions is our only mental aid to
organize and master complexity."  --- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, 1930-2002

Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf@adamkovic.org> [he/him]
http://adamkovic.org


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2024-10-28 22:18   ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2024-10-29 19:09     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-12-15 14:56       ` Ihor Radchenko
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