From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: rpgoldman@sift.info
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Illiterate programming question
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:52:40 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mxkcrzk7.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D93A425.9070604@sift.info> (Robert Goldman's message of "Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:44:05 -0500")
Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> writes:
> On 3/30/11 Mar 30 -4:33 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
>> Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to do the opposite of literate programming (hence the
>>> subject line!):
>>>
>>> I would like to pull into my org file snippets from a code file. I know
>>> that org-mode will let me import /entire/ source code files. Is there
>>> some way to say "Import the region of this file between these two
>>> delimiters?"
>>>
>>> If not, do you think it would be hard to add this feature? I already
>>> have the snappy name, after all!
>>>
>>
>> I don't really understand: can't you cut and paste?
>
> Yes, but if I cut and paste the text of the code that I am describing
> may change out from under my text. If I import the code, it stays in
> sync (at least when the document is exported).
>
Babel does have a way to bring changes back from pure source code into
code blocks in an Org-mode document. While it isn't perfect (especially
if you make extensive use of noweb references or variables) there are
mechanisms to maintain such a /sync/. To try this out, tangle out code
with the ":comments yes" header argument, then change an element of the
tangled source code, and use the `org-babel-detangle' function to bring
the changes back into the Org-mode document.
Improving the detangling (or "illiterate") features is an area ripe for
future Babel development.
Cheers -- Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-30 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-30 20:32 Illiterate programming question Robert Goldman
2011-03-30 21:33 ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-30 21:39 ` Erik Iverson
2011-03-30 21:44 ` Robert Goldman
2011-03-30 22:38 ` chris.m.malone
2011-03-30 22:45 ` Sébastien Vauban
2011-03-30 22:52 ` Eric Schulte [this message]
2011-03-31 20:09 ` Sean O'Halpin
2011-03-31 20:13 ` Nick Dokos
2011-04-01 2:29 ` Sean O'Halpin
2011-04-01 5:46 ` Nick Dokos
2011-04-01 16:41 ` Eric Schulte
2011-04-01 21:11 ` Sébastien Vauban
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