From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Subject: Use-cases for babel Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:55:13 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46765 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5Ta0-0006g3-K6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:55:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5TZz-0007pT-Ms for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:55:16 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:38025) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5TZz-0007pF-Ic for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:55:15 -0400 Received: by iwg8 with SMTP id 8so3939063iwg.0 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:55:13 -0700 (PDT) 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: Org Mode Hi list, I'm a long-time org user, and when I followed the development and release of org-babel with great interest. However, I never really used it, mainly because I never really found a use-case for me. I noticed that there were a lot of messages regarding babel and publishing, but I've read a post other day that opened my eyes: org-babel can be actually used to create self-contained org-"systems", in other words, org files with elisp scripts that extend and add to org, and output stuff on the fly. I never tried org-babel, but this really excited me, I might play around with the idea more when I have the time. We could also use this thread for additional ideas on how org-babel could be used. Cheers, Marcelo.