On Feb 25, 2010, at 5:29 AM, Eric Schulte wrote:

> Hi Andrea,
>
> Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>
>> What could be the "minimal" introduction needed before talking about
>> org-babel for a smart (but maybe not emacser) audience?
>>
>
> That's an excellent question, and I have no idea what the answer  
> should
> be.  The first step is certainly introducing Org-mode, maybe with a
> focus on tables, and the export to html and LaTeX.  From there Org- 
> babel
> may best be described as the addition of active source code to Org- 
> mode
> documents.
>
> I think Org-babel is most easily introduced through a couple of short
> live demos hitting on the main points of functionality
> - executing a source code block capturing the results in an org-mode  
> buffer
> - reading inputs from a table
> - reading inputs from another source-code block
> - tangling
> - exporting an org file to html including soure-code block results
>  and/or fontified code
>
> Best of luck! -- Eric
>

Hi Andrea,

One attempt at a "minimal" introduction is:

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.php

I'd be interested to see your presentation.  Perhaps you could send a  
link to the list for those of us unfortunately not able to travel to  
Florence.

All the best,
Tom