Ok found the answer "hidden" away in a org manual page.. :)

The solution it so to use ':noweb-ref NAME' as an argument in the drawer

sorry for the noise

Z

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again, i posted a separate issue on multiple code blocks in babel
> creating 1 config but then realized this actually is very appropriate for
> this thread...apologize for that.
>
> @Kaushal, the method you suggested works really well for 1 code block=1
> config file. but what happens when my config file is made out of 1 few
> babel code blocks that i tangle together into 1 config file. for example:
>
>  * tmux conf
>  :PROPERTIES:
>  :header-args: :noweb yes  :tangle /zeltak@132.72.155.204:~/.tmux.conf
>  :END:
>
> ***** Mouse
>       :PROPERTIES:
>       :ID:       ba8ce7aa-2b3b-43be-816d-ea2ab515a999
>       :END:
> #+BEGIN_SRC conf
> #-------------->  mouse
> setw -g mouse on
> set-option -g status-keys vi
> #+END_SRC
>
> ***** Theme and look
>       :PROPERTIES:
>       :ID:       85257f51-1306-4caf-a055-a6df3afac1a5
>       :END:
> #+BEGIN_SRC conf
> #--------------> THEME AND LOOK
> #default theme picker
> source /home/zeltak/.tmux/neonB
> #source /home/zeltak/.tmux/solarized-dark
> #+END_SRC
>
> how do i add a name (#+NAME) argument that covers all the sub headers that
> will make '.tmux.conf'.
> and then using noweb how does one reffer to that name <<tmux.conf>> that
> will cover all the tiny blocks that create the tmux.conf?
>
> best!
>
> Z
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> thx!
>>
>> that works well for me :D
>>
>> best and happy holidays :)
>>
>> Z
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017, 4:55 AM Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi alll
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Im looking for a way to to mirror/auto populate a section of text in
>>>> another location in the same org buffer and/or other org file.
>>>>
>>>> for example, i manage my config files in org mode for multiple
>>>> machines. i want to have a section like this
>>>>
>>>> #+BEGIN_SRC conf :mkdirp yes :tangle ~/machine A
>>>> CODE
>>>> #+END_SRC
>>>> where the same content of CODE is mirroed/auto generated in another
>>>> code block for machine B
>>>>
>>>> #+BEGIN_SRC conf :mkdirp yes :tangle ~/machine B
>>>> CODE
>>>> #+END_SRC
>>>>
>>>> is this in anyway possible?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You cannot have real-time mirroring of content in the Org file itself.
>>>
>>> But you can implement that DRY model by using Noweb references (See the
>>> "Noweb reference syntax" node in the Org manual).
>>>
>>> You can put the CODE in a separate src block with :noweb-ref set to foo,
>>> and then wherever in other code blocks you want to mirror that, you simply
>>> put <<foo>>.
>>>
>>> As I said you won't see the mirroring happen live in the Org buffer. But
>>> you will see the mirroring done in the exported files.
>>>
>>> PS: For non-code mirroring (in exported files), there's also do:
>>>
>>>   #+INCLUDE: "./can-be-same-file.org::#CUSTOM_ID" :only-contents t
>>>
>>> (See the "Include files" node in the Org manual for more.)
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Kaushal Modi
>>>
>>
>>
>