From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Isaac Subject: Re: proposal for a tool to translate orgmode outlines into programs Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 22:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34165) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSE5C-00081Z-4c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:42:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSE56-0001xh-Lr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:42:50 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46126) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VSE56-0001xI-Fl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:42:44 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VSE53-0003Wy-Ii for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:42:41 +0200 Received: from yx.mskcc.org ([140.163.254.27]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:42:41 +0200 Received: from isaacpei by yx.mskcc.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:42:41 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thomas S. Dye tsdye.com> writes: > > Aloha Isaac, > > This sounds to me a lot like literate programming, which can be > accomplished in Org with very many languages, including ruby and python > (but not lua, yet). See > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages.html. An advantage > of literate programming is that it generates documentation in addition > to the program code. > > hth, > Tom > yes and no - it's literate programming, but rather than programming in orgmode - it's translating orgmode (thoughts) to build a skeleton of codes for code generation ... not sure if someone has done something similar before? it would be good to know. Thanks, Isaac