Re: How do you interact with org src blocks for your gmane.emacs.orgmode correspondence?

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu> writes:

> 1. Cut some pieces from my .el or .org files, 
> 2. Paste into the scratch buffer,
> 3. Convert scratch buffer to Major mode org, 
> 4. Add src blocks using org-mode shortcuts ("<s TAB org" or "selisp SPC"),
> 5. Edit as needed for email, for instance taking advantage of
> indenting etc. in "C-c '" mode
> 6. Cut and paste from scratch buffer to email draft
> 7. Edit email
> 8. If extensive editing of src blocks is needed while drafting, may
> consider switching back to scratch buffer including further cutting
> and pasting
>
> This seems wholly inefficient, and I'm hoping there is some obviously
> easier way to do it, no matter how much elisp is needed.

Yup. 

Outorg works with message-mode too, so I write my mails in message-mode,
and do

,----
| M-# # (outorg-edit-as-org)
`----

whenever I need Org-mode functionality like src-blocks, and then

,----
| M-# (outorg-copy-edits-and-exit)
`----

in the *outorg-edit-buffer* when I'm done with editing in
Org-mode. Makes it easy to edit you emails in full Org-mode.

There are some extra benefits, like automatic (optionally temporary)
insertion of export headers, automatic backup files in a /tmp folder
(one file for each explicit save with C-x C-s, and one saved when
killing the *outorg-edit-buffer*). 

And there is a new library

[[http://goo.gl/pYYzS6][outorg-export]]

by Jonathan Leech-Pepin that keeps source-files and (Org) exports in
sync.

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten