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