From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Davison Subject: Re: [babel] Writing R-packages the org way? Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:25:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87iq1enkpo.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40156 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3rQQ-0003wA-G4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:26:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3rQP-0006zH-Cy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:26:26 -0400 Received: from markov.stats.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.210.1]:62350) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3rQP-0006yy-6Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:26:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Rainer M. Krug's message of "Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:02:56 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rainer M Krug Cc: emacs-orgmode Rainer M Krug writes: > Hi > > I am about to write an R package, and as I am an org-mode and org-babel > user, I would (obviously) like to use org-mode for that. > > Is there a recommended way of writing an R package in org-babel, or do I > have effectively wrap the R code for the documentation etc. into source > blocks in babel? > > Any suggestions how to best proceed? > > Dream: I would like to have one org file which contains everything > (documentation, code, other relevant files) and if I export or tangle the > file, I have the package ready. > > Is there anything like that? Hi Rainer, This sounds like a seriously good idea, and I wish it already existed. However...not as far as I know. I'd be very happy to help in any way I can if you decide to take this on. Dan > > Rainer