From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: using a table from one org-file as a variable in a code block in another org-file Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:50:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87lido46el.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42927) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Td9Nn-0006M1-2K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:50:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Td9Nl-0004Bv-Iw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:50:38 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com ([209.85.212.177]:48744) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Td9Nl-0004BW-Cf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:50:37 -0500 Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id c10so2822203wiw.12 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:50:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87lido46el.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Eric Schulte Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org That is pretty awesome! Thanks! John ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Associate Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Eric Schulte wrote: > John Kitchin writes: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have been using tables as variables for codeblocks on an org-file, e.g. >> #+tblname: class-data >> | user | oxide | xc | >> | jkitchin | TiO2 | LDA| >> ... >> >> #+BEGIN_SRC python :var data=class-data >> from pylab import * >> import numpy as np >> >> vol = [x[1] if x[1] != '' else np.nan for x in data] >> B = [x[2] if x[2] != '' else np.nan for x in data ] >> >> scatter(vol, B) >> xlabel('Volume ($\AA^3$)') >> ylabel('Bulk modulus (GPa)') >> title('All polymorphs of all oxides for all functionals') >> show() >> #+END_SRC >> >> This is a fantastic feature, since I can have some code that is >> expensive to run create the table, but then have analysis code that is >> quick, since it only reads the table. >> >> But, sometimes the tables are defined in other org-files. Is there a >> way to specify a table from another org-file in the variable header? >> >> Something like this would be pretty handy: >> >> :var ./org-file.org::class-data >> >> Especially if I could click on it, and have it open the other org-file >> with point at the table! >> >> Any thoughts? Thanks, >> > > Hi John, > > This feature does exist, and your guess at the syntax is almost correct. > To reference a variable named foo1 in a file named foo.org you would use > the following syntax, ":var data=foo.org:foo1". > > See the attached foo.org and bar.org files for an example (in order to > work they must be in the same directory). > > I'll make a note to mention this functionality in the documentation. > > Best, > > > >> >> John >> >> ----------------------------------- >> John Kitchin >> Associate Professor >> Doherty Hall A207F >> Department of Chemical Engineering >> Carnegie Mellon University >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >> 412-268-7803 >> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu >> > > -- > Eric Schulte > http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte >