Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi List, 
>
> it is now possible to convert existing Org-mode files with source-blocks into
> machine-executable source-code files, using the following function from
> `outorg.el':
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun outorg-convert-org-file-to-source-code
>   (&optional mode infile outfile BATCH)
>   "Convert an existing Org-mode file into an Outshine buffer.
>
> If MODE is non-nil, the Outshine buffer will be put in this
> major-mode, otherwise the major-mode of the language of the first
> source-code block in the Org-mode buffer will be used.
>
> If INFILE is non-nil, the specified Org-mode file will be visited
> and its buffer converted, otherwise the current buffer will be
> converted.
>
> If OUTFILE is non-nil, the converted Outshine buffer will be saved in this
> file. Its the user's responsability to make sure that OUTFILE's
> file-extension is suited for the major-mode of the Outshine buffer to be
> saved. When in doubt, consult variable  `auto-mode-alist' for associations
> between file-extensions and major-modes.
>
> If BATCH is non-nil (and OUTFILE is non-nil, otherwise it makes
> no sense), the new Outshine file is saved and its buffer
> deleted."...)
> #+end_src
>
> Usage example:
>
> ,----------------------------------------------------------------
> | (outorg-convert-org-file-to-source-code
> |    "emacs-lisp-mode" "~/junk/test.org" "~/junk/test.el" 'BATCH)
> `----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I'm not sure about the general use case for this, but I do have my uses for
> it, so I announce it here because it might serve others too.
>
> PS 
> This is *not* about tangling, try it out to see the (big) difference.

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte