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From: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Local variables in an org file
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:39:32 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fv3e4g63.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)


Greetings.

Is there a way to define a (preferably local) variable in an org file so
that the value of that variable could be referenced in both plain text
and code blocks?

I often bump into situations where I have a value, say 768, and I use
that value both in code blocks and in the accompanying text. Now basic
programming approach tells me that if and when I need to change that
value, I should be able to do that by changing the value in only one
location. That implies defining a variable for the value.

Properties sound like they might be the solution. But I don't know how
to refer to properties in text and code.

Jarmo

next             reply	other threads:[~2015-08-20  6:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-20  6:39 Jarmo Hurri [this message]
2015-08-21  2:23 ` Local variables in an org file Grant Rettke
2015-08-21  2:52   ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-21 10:54     ` Jarmo Hurri
2015-08-21 11:57       ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-21 17:08       ` Thomas S. Dye

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