From: Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>
To: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>
Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Local variables in an org file
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:23:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAjq1meoBzsTQxUw5g1o4rbn-WGnw0oWwY-OdHU-mzbGbRJLcA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fv3e4g63.fsf@iki.fi>
I've been thinking about this all week. Must be in the global memory space.
Grant Rettke
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:39 AM, Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> Greetings.
>
> Is there a way to define a (preferably local) variable in an org file so
> that the value of that variable could be referenced in both plain text
> and code blocks?
>
> I often bump into situations where I have a value, say 768, and I use
> that value both in code blocks and in the accompanying text. Now basic
> programming approach tells me that if and when I need to change that
> value, I should be able to do that by changing the value in only one
> location. That implies defining a variable for the value.
>
> Properties sound like they might be the solution. But I don't know how
> to refer to properties in text and code.
>
> Jarmo
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-21 2:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-20 6:39 Local variables in an org file Jarmo Hurri
2015-08-21 2:23 ` Grant Rettke [this message]
2015-08-21 2:52 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-21 10:54 ` Jarmo Hurri
2015-08-21 11:57 ` Rainer M Krug
2015-08-21 17:08 ` Thomas S. Dye
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