From: chris.m.malone@gmail.com
To: Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Illiterate programming question
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:38:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0cb4e887a4d0c8c03049fbad72b@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D93A425.9070604@sift.info>
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You could probably hack something up with a shell source code block that
uses sed to find and display text between two delimiters, and then dump the
results to the org-mode file.
On Mar 30, 2011 5:44pm, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> wrote:
> On 3/30/11 Mar 30 -4:33 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> > Robert Goldman rpgoldman@sift.info> wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to do the opposite of literate programming (hence the
> >> subject line!):
> >>
> >> I would like to pull into my org file snippets from a code file. I know
> >> that org-mode will let me import /entire/ source code files. Is there
> >> some way to say "Import the region of this file between these two
> >> delimiters?"
> >>
> >> If not, do you think it would be hard to add this feature? I already
> >> have the snappy name, after all!
> >>
> >
> > I don't really understand: can't you cut and paste?
> Yes, but if I cut and paste the text of the code that I am describing
> may change out from under my text. If I import the code, it stays in
> sync (at least when the document is exported).
> Honestly, I was tempted to do the literate programming thing with babel,
> but was concerned that it might not work well as a multiple-author thing
> (I would be writing the document, but someone else might be modifying
> the code and might find org-babel confusing).
> >
> > And what do you mean that "org-mode will let me import /entire/ source
> code
> > files"? Is this a facility other than insert-file? Or are you talking
> about
> > the #+INCLUDE mechanism?
> Yes, I was talking about #+INCLUDE. I was really wondering if there
> mightn't be something like
> #+INCLUDE ~/myfile.lisp :from "(defun sample-function" :to "; end
> sample-function"
> [sorry --- that's word-wrapped to further obscurity.]
> cheers,
> r
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-30 22:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-30 20:32 Illiterate programming question Robert Goldman
2011-03-30 21:33 ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-30 21:39 ` Erik Iverson
2011-03-30 21:44 ` Robert Goldman
2011-03-30 22:38 ` chris.m.malone [this message]
2011-03-30 22:45 ` Sébastien Vauban
2011-03-30 22:52 ` Eric Schulte
2011-03-31 20:09 ` Sean O'Halpin
2011-03-31 20:13 ` Nick Dokos
2011-04-01 2:29 ` Sean O'Halpin
2011-04-01 5:46 ` Nick Dokos
2011-04-01 16:41 ` Eric Schulte
2011-04-01 21:11 ` Sébastien Vauban
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