Aloha all,

Is it possible (or would it be useful) to leverage the literate  
programming facilities of org-babel to write LaTeX code?

I'd like to weave a document that describes how some thesis/idea/story  
can be developed/elaborated/told and then tangle an instance of  
'developed thesis'/'elaborated idea'/'told story' that LaTeX can make  
presentable.  The motivation for this is a desire to have one source  
document that will tangle 1) a slide presentation via beamer, and 2) a  
print document for publication.  The two share a common organization/ 
structure/plot but there are radically different presentation mode  
constraints.

Org-mode is a terrific tool for organizing, structuring, and  
plotting.  Org-babel seems to be a likely candidate for abstracting  
the different presentation modes.

Here is some pseudo-code for illustration:

* Idea 1
#+srcname: beamer-idea-1
#+begin_src latex :exports none
\begin{itemize}
	\item first concept
	\item second concept
\end{itemize}
#+end_src
#+srcname: latex-idea-1
#+begin_src latex :exports none
The first concept was developed by \citet{author1}.  It later became  
the basis for the second concept \citep{author2}. ...
#+end_src

#+srcname: beamer-presentation
#+begin_src latex :tangle beamer-thesis :exports none
# <<beamer-idea-1>>
# <<beamer-idea-2>>
...
#+end_src
#+srcname: latex-presentation
#+begin_src latex :tangle latex-thesis :exports none
# <<latex-idea-1>>
# <<latex-idea-2>>
...
#+end_src
Tom
Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.
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