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From: Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: Paul Rudin <public-paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@plane.gmane.org>,
	public-emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@plane.gmane.org
Subject: Re: inline constant substitution
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:00:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAjq1mdmwaaJdyMGR8yUapsRHP=BfkJPdY=JpmATgH+no+mGdA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8738atpbuk.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>



Should a noweb-ref be expanded as imagined inside of a table for this case?

Eg pseudo code:

,----
| #+NAME: foo
| #+begin_src emacs-lisp
| 42
| #+end_src
|
|
| #+NAME: ns
| |     n |
| |-------|
| |     1 |
| |     2 |
| | <<foo>> |
| |       |
`----

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Nicolas Goaziou
<mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Suppose I have:
>>
>> #+CONSTANTS: foo=42
>>
>> How can I make inline references to a constant on export in regular
>> text, rather than in a table?
>>
>> I want to be able to write something like:
>>
>>   The value of foo is $foo
>>
>> in my org file, and then end up with:
>>
>>   The value of foo is 42
>>
>> when I export to LaTeX.
>
> Constants are for tables only. You can use a macro instead:
>
> #+MACRO: foo 42
>
>   The value of foo is {{{foo}}}.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>
>



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      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-13  1:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-12 14:41 inline constant substitution Paul Rudin
2014-10-12 15:05 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-12 17:13   ` Paul Rudin
2014-10-13 11:51     ` Eric S Fraga
2014-10-13 19:38       ` Paul Rudin
2014-10-13  1:00   ` Grant Rettke [this message]

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