From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira Subject: Re: Simplify repeated same section with different variable value Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:25:51 -0300 Message-ID: <4f972873.87b9340a.6310.ffffd219@mx.google.com> References: <4F969B18.8090706@gmail.com> <87397t9uio.fsf@gmail.com> <4F96A438.6070703@gmail.com> <12876.1335278667@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60253) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMoBN-0004kU-3n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:26:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMoBL-0007pG-1m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:26:00 -0400 Received: from mail-vx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:60217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMoBK-0007me-Rx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:25:58 -0400 Received: by vcbfy7 with SMTP id fy7so1087609vcb.0 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:25:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <12876.1335278667@alphaville> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: Myles English , emacs-orgmode If you like the call method (which is the best one IMHO) you can also add the foo function to the library of babel. In this way you will be able to call it from any org file without having to put the definition of the foo function in each of them. -- Darlan At Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:44:27 -0400, Nick Dokos wrote: > > Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > On 24/04/12 14:36, Myles English wrote: > > >>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:22:48 +0200, Rainer M Krug said: > > > > > >> Hi I have a section which I want to repeat for different variable values. At the moment I am > > >> copying them, but I do not like it at all: > > > > > >> ** Species one :PROPERTIES: :var: SPECIES="sp1" :END: *** Data Checks Here is some text > > >> #+header: :results output #+begin_src R checkData(species=SPECIES) #+end_src > > > > > > > > >> ** Species 2 :PROPERTIES: :var: SPECIES="sp2" :END: *** Data Checks Here is some text > > >> #+header: :results output #+begin_src R checkData(species=SPECIES) #+end_src > > > > > > > > >> I am sure there must be an easier way with org? > > > > > > How about using yasnippet? > > > > Yasnippets would help in filling the file with the repeated code - but if I want to change e.g. > > "some text" to "some more text", I still have to do it manually. Nevertheless, if I could define > > the org section once and repeat it with different variable values, this would enable me to change > > it only once. > > > > Use the #+call mechanism: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > * subroutine > > #+name: foo > #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :var x=1 > (* x x) > #+END_SRC > > * call > > #+call: foo(4) > > #+RESULTS: foo(4) > : 16 > > * call > > #+call: foo(5) > > #+RESULTS: foo(5) > : 25 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Nick > > >