Eric Schulte writes: > Hi Tom, > > tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> Yes, this is overdue. I think your plan is a good one. >> >> Perhaps a few of the individual use cases could be moved to FIXME, >> instead? I'm thinking here of Feiming Chen's R setup and some of my >> contributions when I was experimenting writing LaTeX inside source >> code blocks. The authors could resurrect these as they see fit. >> > > I don't know what FIXME is, but if there is a way to keep the page in > the worg git repository but remove it from the exported HTML then that > sounds ideal. > >> >> Hopefully, others will contribute use examples. My sense from reading >> the list is there are many interesting ones. >> >> I'd like it if Org mode users designed a template for the language >> specific pages. Currently, these seem to me a mixed bag and it would be >> good to regularize them. > > The below is a modified version of a template which can be found in a > couple of the existing language tutorials, I think it serves as a good > starting point. > > - Install and Setup > - Instillation and configuration of software (e.g., the language itself) > - Configuration of Emacs (e.g., activate language, set command path) > - Examples > - Common ways to use the language in an Org-mode document > - Special cases > - are there any language-specific header arguments > - does the language support session evaluation > - does the language support all result types > - is the language different from most babel languages > (e.g., C is compiled before execution, ditaa returns files, etc...) > >> It would also be nice to have one for each of the supported languages. >> There are 11 language specific pages now, which leaves quite a few >> languages under-documented. > > (length org-babel-load-languages) ;; => 27 > > ls org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-*|wc -l # => 11 > > It looks like we have at least 16 more to go before we hit full language > coverage. Perhaps we should use the empty cells in the "documentation" > column in the languages table at [1] as a sign up space for volunteers > who would be willing to write a brief tutorial demonstrating usage of > Org-mode with their favorite language. > > Moving forward this is likely something we could request of the > contributors of new languages. > > Also, once the template above is finalized it should be posted on worg > and linked to through the languages page. > >> >> I'll be happy to work on this as I can. >> > > Great, I don't anticipate having time to put towards this, although I'll > be happy to help troubleshoot where I can. > > Cheers, > >> >> All the best, >> Tom >> >> >> Eric Schulte writes: >> >>> Thanks for raising this point. The bulk of the content in the Babel >>> portion of worg is fairly old, predating the syntax standardization >>> efforts this fall. I've just pushed some minor updates to the main >>> babel pages, but updating the language-specific tutorials and the >>> individual use cases will be a much larger effort. >>> >>> I'm not sure how to proceed. One option would be to go through and add >>> a [uses deprecated syntax] tag to the top of each such page, which could >>> be removed after the page has been checked and possibly updated to >>> ensure consistency with the latest syntax. >>> >>> Given that the Babel syntax will not be changing significantly moving >>> forward now would be a good time to do such a review. Ideally this >>> could be completed before the release of Emacs 24 in a couple of months. >>> >>> Any other ideas for update/reorganization or volunteers? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: >>> >>>> Hi Riccardo, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the URL. Org mode has evolved since this article was >>>> written. It should probably be revised or taken off Worg. I've copied >>>> Eric Schulte, who is better able than me to determine the correct course >>>> of action here. >>>> >>>> In the meantime, an up-to-date description of how Org mode can be used >>>> to write literate programs has appeared in the Journal of Statistical >>>> Software. You can find it here: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i03 >>>> >>>> Perhaps you could use the examples in the JSS article to get started? >>>> If these don't work for you, or if they raise questions that are difficult >>>> to answer, please do come back to the list with your queries. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> Riccardo Romoli writes: >>>> >>>>> Hi, this is the URL: >>>>> >>>>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/how-to-use-Org-Babel-for-R.html >>>>> >>>>> Best >>>>> R >>>>> >>>>> 2012/2/5 Thomas S. Dye >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Riccardo, >>>>>> >>>>>> This code appears to be outdated. I don't recall this code on the org >>>>>> site. Could you send a URL? >>>>>> >>>>>> All the best, >>>>>> Tom >>>>>> >>>>>> Riccardo Romoli writes: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org session. >>>>>> Firstly >>>>>> > I use the code in the org site. The problem is that the code do not >>>>>> > generate any figure. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > This is the code: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #+TITLE:Test >>>>>> > #+AUTHOR: Your Name >>>>>> > #+EMAIL: your-email@server.com >>>>>> > #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports >>>>>> > both :tangle yes >>>>>> > >>>>>> > * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming >>>>>> > ** R text output >>>>>> > A simple summary. >>>>>> > #+begin_src R >>>>>> > x <- rnorm(10) >>>>>> > summary(x) >>>>>> > #+end_src >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ** R graphics output >>>>>> > Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to >>>>>> > the header option =:session *R*=. The output graphics file is >>>>>> > =a.png=. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file a.png >>>>>> > y <- rnorm(10) >>>>>> > plot(x, y) >>>>>> > #+end_src >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Same plot with larger dimension: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file b.png :width 800 :height 800 >>>>>> > plot(x, y) >>>>>> > #+end_src >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Where do I wrong? >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Best >>>>>> > Riccardo >>>>>> > Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org session. >>>>>> Firstly I use the code in the org site. The problem is that the code do not >>>>>> generate any figure. This is the code: >>>>>> > #+TITLE:Test >>>>>> > #+AUTHOR: Your Name >>>>>> > #+EMAIL: mailto:your-email@server.com >>>>>> > #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports both >>>>>> :tangle yes >>>>>> > >>>>>> > * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming >>>>>> > ** R text output >>>>>> > A simple summary. >>>>>> > #+begin_src R >>>>>> > x <- rnorm(10) >>>>>> > summary(x) >>>>>> > #+end_src >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ** R graphics output >>>>>> > Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to >>>>>> > the header option =:session *R*=. The output graphics file is >>>>>> > =a.png=. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file a.png >>>>>> > y <- rnorm(10) >>>>>> > plot(x, y) >>>>>> > #+end_src >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Same plot with larger dimension: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #+begin_src R :file b.png :width 800 :height 800 >>>>>> > plot(x, y) >>>>>> > #+end_src >>>>>> > Where do I wrong?BestRiccardo >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thomas S. Dye >>>>>> http://www.tsdye.com >>>>>> >>>>> Hi, this is the URL:http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/how-to-use-Org-Babel-for-R.htmlBestR >>>>> 2012/2/5 Thomas S. Dye Hi Riccardo, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This code appears to be outdated.  I don't recall this code on the org >>>>> site.  Could you send a URL? >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> Riccardo Romoli writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org session. Firstly >>>>>> I use the code in the org site. The problem is that the code do not >>>>>> generate any figure. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the code: >>>>>> >>>>>> #+TITLE:Test >>>>>> #+AUTHOR: Your Name >>>>>> #+EMAIL: mailto:your-email@server.com >>>>>> #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports >>>>>> both :tangle yes >>>>>> >>>>>> * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming >>>>>> ** R text output >>>>>> A simple summary. >>>>>> #+begin_src R >>>>>>   x <- rnorm(10) >>>>>>   summary(x) >>>>>> #+end_src >>>>>> >>>>>> ** R graphics output >>>>>> Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to >>>>>> the header option =:session *R*=.  The output graphics file is >>>>>> =a.png=. >>>>>> >>>>>> #+begin_src R  :file a.png >>>>>>   y <- rnorm(10) >>>>>>   plot(x, y) >>>>>> #+end_src >>>>>> >>>>>> Same plot with larger dimension: >>>>>> >>>>>> #+begin_src R  :file b.png :width 800 :height 800 >>>>>>   plot(x, y) >>>>>> #+end_src >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Where do I wrong? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best >>>>>> Riccardo >>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to generate some figure with R, into an org >>>>>> session. Firstly I use the code in the org site. The problem is >>>>>> that the code do not generate any figure. This is the code: >>>>>> #+TITLE:Test >>>>>> #+AUTHOR: Your Name >>>>>> #+EMAIL: mailto:mailto:your-email@server.com >>>>>> #+BABEL: :session *R* :cache yes :results output graphics :exports both :tangle yes >>>>>> >>>>>> * Example of Org-Babel for R Literate Programming >>>>>> ** R text output >>>>>> A simple summary. >>>>>> #+begin_src R >>>>>>   x <- rnorm(10) >>>>>>   summary(x) >>>>>> #+end_src >>>>>> >>>>>> ** R graphics output >>>>>> Note we use the object =x= generated in previous code block, thanks to >>>>>> the header option =:session *R*=.  The output graphics file is >>>>>> =a.png=. >>>>>> >>>>>> #+begin_src R  :file a.png >>>>>>   y <- rnorm(10) >>>>>>   plot(x, y) >>>>>> #+end_src >>>>>> >>>>>> Same plot with larger dimension: >>>>>> >>>>>> #+begin_src R  :file b.png :width 800 :height 800 >>>>>>   plot(x, y) >>>>>> #+end_src >>>>>> Where do I wrong?BestRiccardo >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thomas S. Dye >>>>> http://www.tsdye.com >>>>> > > > Footnotes: > [1] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages.html -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com