From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Riley Subject: Re: [babel] Moving to babel the whole configuration Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:53:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <873a1yru9q.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NYOe2-0007aG-4j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:54:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NYOdx-0007Z9-IN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:54:09 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33197 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NYOdw-0007Z6-NO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:54:04 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:36738) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NYOdw-0006K1-1b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:54:04 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NYOdr-0008LV-AO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:53:59 +0100 Received: from 85.183.18.158 ([85.183.18.158]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:53:59 +0100 Received: from rileyrgdev by 85.183.18.158 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:53:59 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric S Fraga writes: > At Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:43:17 -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > >> Have you seen the emacs starter kits? I've found Eric Schulte's >> starter kit to be very handy. After struggling with emacs >> configuration for decades I now have at least the illusion of >> control. The configuration is held in a series of org files that hold >> emacs-lisp code blocks, which are tangled to produce the .el file that >> emacs expects. Each of my code chunks resides under its own org-mode >> heading, replete with notes, links, etc. It is kind of like a >> literate .emacs program. > > Argghhh! > > I hate org-mode sometimes [1]: just when I think I'm reaching a stable > system, somebody comes along and makes me realise how much better > (easier to manage/understand) my system would be if I put yet more > under org-mode control! > > Time to go through my .emacs etc files -- if you don't hear from me > for several months, you'll know why! > > eric > > Footnotes: > [1] As always, thanks to Carsten et al. for such a wonderful and > useful tool which has, without exaggeration, transformed by life in > both dramatic and subtle ways. Amazing isn't it? I just blew a day by moving to org-babel for my init file and managed to miss the "+" in my "#+end_src" marker ... but now its working its all smiles despite another day configuring rather than doing ;) It's an emacs problem in general. A shame there are no jobs "configuring your editor" .... -- Google Talk : rileyrgdev@googlemail.com http://www.google.com/talk ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML email X & vCards / \