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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: de-tangle function?
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 18:01:50 +0200
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Hi Rainer,

Rainer M. Krug wrote:
> I remember something about a de-tangle function, which re-imports the
> source code blocks into the org file is previously tangled with comments
> et al, but I can't find that function any more.
>
> Is it still there?

M-x org-babel-detangle

> Does it work reliably?

You need the code blocks to be wrapped into comments for it to work.

Regarding reliability, it does work well on small examples. I remember having
had really bad results with my huge .emacs file, but hadn't any time to debug
the problem -- try to reproduce -- at that time.

So, when you do it, please keep a backup of your original Org file. It's
safer.

But, if there are bugs, they should be clearly identified, and fixed...

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban