>
> Hi
>
> Don't know if this is trivially answered...
>
> I'm thinking about using org-mode for a collection of code-snippets which
> are executed by a click on a link
>
> My first idea was to use orgs hyperlink syntax but there I have two
> problems
> 1. something like [[shell:code][NAME]] can't be multiline
> 2. for  perl  code I'll need to escape certain characters when using
> [[shell:...] or [[elisp:...]
>
> my second idea was org-babel, but AFAI see
> 1. it seems to execute code-snippets only when exporting
> 2. the code can't be hidden behind a NAME in a link text
>
> Is there a way to combine both ways?
>
> A hyperlink which executes a codesnippet (which is per default folded
> away)?
>
> something like?
>
> * [[exec:following snippet][name]
> #+begin_src perl
> for $i (1..9){
>
>    print $i;
> }
> #+end_src
>
>
> or
>
>
> * Title
> #+begin_src perl :hyperlink name
> for $i (1..9){
>
>    print $i;
> }
> #+end_src
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> -- rolf
>

PS hope this will not produce a duplicate post, "gmail" != "googlemail"
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