From: Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com>
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: Sankalp <sankalpkhare@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Including source code *from* a file in #+BEGIN_SRC blocks
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:25:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8762hm6hcr.fsf@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22202.1323631330@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> (Nick Dokos's message of "Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:22:10 -0500")
Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Sankalp <sankalpkhare@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > I've been using org mode's #+BEGIN_SRC ... <code> #+END_SRC feature to
>> > display source code.
>> >
>> > I was wondering if there's a way to include code from an external file.
>> > Like the *\lstinputlisting* feature in the LaTeX *listings* package.
>> >
>>
>> You could write a code block which when executed wraps the file's
>> contents in a code block which is then inserted into the Org-mode
>> buffer. For example if your external file is named foo.c and holds C
>> code the following
>>
>> #+begin_src sh :exports results :results raw output
>> echo "#+BEGIN_SRC C"
>> cat foo.c
>> echo "#+END_SRC"
>> #+end_src
>>
>> will insert its contents into the buffer during every export.
>>
>
> That might be necessary in more complex situations, but in the OP's case
> (at least, to the extent that I understand it), Puneeth's suggestion of
>
> #+begin_src c :exports code
> #+include: foo.c
> #+end_src
>
Oh, I didn't notice the code block surrounding the include call in
Puneeth's suggestion. I didn't realize include working inside of
blocks, very cool. I agree that is preferable to my code block
execution base solution.
Best,
>
> seems to work fine.
>
> Nick
>
--
Eric Schulte
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-11 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-11 5:56 Including source code *from* a file in #+BEGIN_SRC blocks Sankalp
2011-12-11 6:53 ` Puneeth Chaganti
2011-12-11 16:00 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-11 17:08 ` Sankalp
2011-12-11 19:22 ` Nick Dokos
2011-12-11 19:25 ` Eric Schulte [this message]
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