From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com>,
Riccardo Romoli <ric.romoli@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Updating the Babel section of Worg
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:41:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+M2ft8ETBvPWON5_uhyxvLdgRBzzcVPo3DPJHNEeH4OjbjpaQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1ty32b3bk.fsf@tsdye.com>
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> I've attached a first draft of a template for review and revision. It
> is heavily influenced by John Hendy's terrific gnuplot page. I
> believe it incorporates the points in your outline. Feel free to
> edit as appropriate.
>
Thanks for the kind words. I give the credit to Nick Dokos and Eric
Schulte for encouraging me to post my solution on Worg once I found
it.
-- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg28995.html
I hate to say it, but without that nudge I might have "dined and
dashed" -- gotten help from the list, solved the issue, and then
returned to my cave :) Glad it proved useful!
Best regards,
John
> All the best,
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>>
>>> Hi Eric,
>>>
>>> Yes, this is overdue. I think your plan is a good one.
>>>
>>> Perhaps a few of the individual use cases could be moved to FIXME,
>>> instead? I'm thinking here of Feiming Chen's R setup and some of my
>>> contributions when I was experimenting writing LaTeX inside source
>>> code blocks. The authors could resurrect these as they see fit.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know what FIXME is, but if there is a way to keep the page in
>> the worg git repository but remove it from the exported HTML then that
>> sounds ideal.
>>
>>>
>>> Hopefully, others will contribute use examples. My sense from reading
>>> the list is there are many interesting ones.
>>>
>>> I'd like it if Org mode users designed a template for the language
>>> specific pages. Currently, these seem to me a mixed bag and it would be
>>> good to regularize them.
>>
>> The below is a modified version of a template which can be found in a
>> couple of the existing language tutorials, I think it serves as a good
>> starting point.
>>
>> - Install and Setup
>> - Instillation and configuration of software (e.g., the language itself)
>> - Configuration of Emacs (e.g., activate language, set command path)
>> - Examples
>> - Common ways to use the language in an Org-mode document
>> - Special cases
>> - are there any language-specific header arguments
>> - does the language support session evaluation
>> - does the language support all result types
>> - is the language different from most babel languages
>> (e.g., C is compiled before execution, ditaa returns files, etc...)
>>
>>> It would also be nice to have one for each of the supported languages.
>>> There are 11 language specific pages now, which leaves quite a few
>>> languages under-documented.
>>
>> (length org-babel-load-languages) ;; => 27
>>
>> ls org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-*|wc -l # => 11
>>
>> It looks like we have at least 16 more to go before we hit full language
>> coverage. Perhaps we should use the empty cells in the "documentation"
>> column in the languages table at [1] as a sign up space for volunteers
>> who would be willing to write a brief tutorial demonstrating usage of
>> Org-mode with their favorite language.
>>
>> Moving forward this is likely something we could request of the
>> contributors of new languages.
>>
>> Also, once the template above is finalized it should be posted on worg
>> and linked to through the languages page.
>>
>>>
>>> I'll be happy to work on this as I can.
>>>
>>
>> Great, I don't anticipate having time to put towards this, although I'll
>> be happy to help troubleshoot where I can.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for raising this point. The bulk of the content in the Babel
>>>> portion of worg is fairly old, predating the syntax standardization
>>>> efforts this fall. I've just pushed some minor updates to the main
>>>> babel pages, but updating the language-specific tutorials and the
>>>> individual use cases will be a much larger effort.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure how to proceed. One option would be to go through and add
>>>> a [uses deprecated syntax] tag to the top of each such page, which could
>>>> be removed after the page has been checked and possibly updated to
>>>> ensure consistency with the latest syntax.
>>>>
>>>> Given that the Babel syntax will not be changing significantly moving
>>>> forward now would be a good time to do such a review. Ideally this
>>>> could be completed before the release of Emacs 24 in a couple of months.
>>>>
>>>> Any other ideas for update/reorganization or volunteers?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Riccardo,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the URL. Org mode has evolved since this article was
>>>>> written. It should probably be revised or taken off Worg. I've copied
>>>>> Eric Schulte, who is better able than me to determine the correct course
>>>>> of action here.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the meantime, an up-to-date description of how Org mode can be used
>>>>> to write literate programs has appeared in the Journal of Statistical
>>>>> Software. You can find it here: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i03
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps you could use the examples in the JSS article to get started?
>>>>> If these don't work for you, or if they raise questions that are difficult
>>>>> to answer, please do come back to the list with your queries.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>> Riccardo Romoli <ric.romoli@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, this is the URL:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/how-to-use-Org-Babel-for-R.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> R
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2012/2/5 Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Riccardo,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This code appears to be outdated. I don't recall this code on the org
>>>>>>> site. Could you send a URL?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Riccardo Romoli <ric.romoli@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org session.
>>>>>>> Firstly
>>>>>>> > I use the code in the org site. The problem is that the code do not
>>>>>>> > generate any figure.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > This is the code:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > #+TITLE:Test
>>>>>>> > #+AUTHOR: Your Name
>>>>>>> > #+EMAIL: your-email@server.com
>>>>>>> > #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports
>>>>>>> > both :tangle yes
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming
>>>>>>> > ** R text output
>>>>>>> > A simple summary.
>>>>>>> > #+begin_src R
>>>>>>> > x <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> > summary(x)
>>>>>>> > #+end_src
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > ** R graphics output
>>>>>>> > Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to
>>>>>>> > the header option =:session *R*=. The output graphics file is
>>>>>>> > =a.png=.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file a.png
>>>>>>> > y <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> > plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> > #+end_src
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Same plot with larger dimension:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file b.png :width 800 :height 800
>>>>>>> > plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> > #+end_src
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Where do I wrong?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Best
>>>>>>> > Riccardo
>>>>>>> > Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org session.
>>>>>>> Firstly I use the code in the org site. The problem is that the code do not
>>>>>>> generate any figure. This is the code:
>>>>>>> > #+TITLE:Test
>>>>>>> > #+AUTHOR: Your Name
>>>>>>> > #+EMAIL: mailto:your-email@server.com
>>>>>>> > #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports both
>>>>>>> :tangle yes
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming
>>>>>>> > ** R text output
>>>>>>> > A simple summary.
>>>>>>> > #+begin_src R
>>>>>>> > x <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> > summary(x)
>>>>>>> > #+end_src
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > ** R graphics output
>>>>>>> > Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to
>>>>>>> > the header option =:session *R*=. The output graphics file is
>>>>>>> > =a.png=.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file a.png
>>>>>>> > y <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> > plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> > #+end_src
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Same plot with larger dimension:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file b.png :width 800 :height 800
>>>>>>> > plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> > #+end_src
>>>>>>> > Where do I wrong?BestRiccardo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thomas S. Dye
>>>>>>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, this is the URL:http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/how-to-use-Org-Babel-for-R.htmlBestR
>>>>>> 2012/2/5 Thomas S. Dye <span dir="ltr"><mailto:tsd@tsdye.com></span>Hi Riccardo,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This code appears to be outdated. I don't recall this code on the org
>>>>>> site. Could you send a URL?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Riccardo Romoli <mailto:ric.romoli@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org session. Firstly
>>>>>>> I use the code in the org site. The problem is that the code do not
>>>>>>> generate any figure.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the code:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #+TITLE:Test
>>>>>>> #+AUTHOR: Your Name
>>>>>>> #+EMAIL: mailto:your-email@server.com
>>>>>>> #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports
>>>>>>> both :tangle yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming
>>>>>>> ** R text output
>>>>>>> A simple summary.
>>>>>>> #+begin_src R
>>>>>>> x <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> summary(x)
>>>>>>> #+end_src
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ** R graphics output
>>>>>>> Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to
>>>>>>> the header option =:session *R*=. The output graphics file is
>>>>>>> =a.png=.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #+begin_src R :file a.png
>>>>>>> y <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> #+end_src
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same plot with larger dimension:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #+begin_src R :file b.png :width 800 :height 800
>>>>>>> plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> #+end_src
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where do I wrong?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>> Riccardo
>>>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org
>>>>>>> session. Firstly I use the code in the org site. The problem is
>>>>>>> that the code do not generate any figure. This is the code:
>>>>>>> #+TITLE:Test
>>>>>>> #+AUTHOR: Your Name
>>>>>>> #+EMAIL: mailto:mailto:your-email@server.com
>>>>>>> #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports both :tangle yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming
>>>>>>> ** R text output
>>>>>>> A simple summary.
>>>>>>> #+begin_src R
>>>>>>> x <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> summary(x)
>>>>>>> #+end_src
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ** R graphics output
>>>>>>> Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to
>>>>>>> the header option =:session *R*=. The output graphics file is
>>>>>>> =a.png=.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #+begin_src R :file a.png
>>>>>>> y <- rnorm(10)
>>>>>>> plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> #+end_src
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same plot with larger dimension:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #+begin_src R :file b.png :width 800 :height 800
>>>>>>> plot(x, y)
>>>>>>> #+end_src
>>>>>>> Where do I wrong?BestRiccardo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <span class="HOEnZb">--
>>>>>> Thomas S. Dye
>>>>>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>>>>> </span>
>>
>>
>> Footnotes:
>> [1] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages.html
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-08 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-04 22:52 Generating plot with org-babel-R Riccardo Romoli
2012-02-04 23:37 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-02-05 11:08 ` Riccardo Romoli
2012-02-05 16:45 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-02-05 19:29 ` Updating the Babel section of Worg Was: " Eric Schulte
2012-02-06 5:43 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-02-06 21:20 ` Updating the Babel section of Worg Eric Schulte
2012-02-08 0:01 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-02-08 1:04 ` Martyn Jago
2012-02-08 14:21 ` Eric Schulte
2012-02-08 14:44 ` Rainer M Krug
2012-02-08 15:27 ` Eric Schulte
2012-02-08 14:14 ` Eric Schulte
2012-02-09 17:20 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-02-18 21:53 ` Eric Schulte
2012-02-08 15:41 ` John Hendy [this message]
2012-02-06 21:12 ` Generating plot with org-babel-R Riccardo Romoli
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