Re: Illiterate programming question

[Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info>]

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