Hope this suits your needs.  Cheers -- Eric

"Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:

> Aloha all,
>
> Is it possible (or would it be useful) to leverage the literate programming facilities of org-babel to
> write LaTeX code?  
>
> I'd like to weave a document that describes how some thesis/idea/story can be developed/elaborated/told
> and then tangle an instance of 'developed thesis'/'elaborated idea'/'told story' that LaTeX can make
> presentable.  The motivation for this is a desire to have one source document that will tangle 1) a slide
> presentation via beamer, and 2) a print document for publication.  The two share a common organization/
> structure/plot but there are radically different presentation mode constraints.
>
> Org-mode is a terrific tool for organizing, structuring, and plotting.  Org-babel seems to be a likely
> candidate for abstracting the different presentation modes.
>
> Here is some pseudo-code for illustration:
>
> * Idea 1
>
> #+srcname: beamer-idea-1
>
> #+begin_src latex :exports none
>
> \begin{itemize}
>
>         \item first concept
>
>         \item second concept
>
> \end{itemize}
>
> #+end_src
>
> #+srcname: latex-idea-1
>
> #+begin_src latex :exports none
>
> The first concept was developed by \citet{author1}.  It later became the basis for the second concept \citep{author2}. ...
>
> #+end_src
>
> #+srcname: beamer-presentation
>
> #+begin_src latex :tangle beamer-thesis :exports none
>
> # <<beamer-idea-1>>
>
> # <<beamer-idea-2>>
>
> ... 
>
> #+end_src
>
> #+srcname: latex-presentation
>
> #+begin_src latex :tangle latex-thesis :exports none
>
> # <<latex-idea-1>>
>
> # <<latex-idea-2>>
>
> ... 
>
> #+end_src
>
> Tom
>
> Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.
>
> T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists, Inc.
>
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>
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>
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