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From: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Does org export have something like Lisp quasiquote and unquote?
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:27:03 -0700
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To: Oleh <ohwoeowho@gmail.com>
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Oleh <ohwoeowho@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to perform Elisp operations on org-mode buffer while exporting.
>
> Something like this (the comma unquotes like in Lisp quasiquote):
>
> ,(setq foo "(defun square (x)\n  (* x x))")
>
> #+begin_src lisp
> ,foo
> #+end_src
> #+BEGIN_HTML
> ,(with-current-buffer
>        (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*temp*")
>          (lisp-mode)
>          (insert (upcase foo))
>          (htmlize-buffer))
>      (kill-buffer "*temp*")
>      (buffer-string))
> #+END_HTML
>
> And I want it to be equivalent to:
>
> #+begin_src lisp
> (defun square (x)
>   (* x x))
> #+end_src
> #+BEGIN_HTML
> <!-- html equivalent to above code upcased and fontified -->
> #+END_HTML
>
> Is something like this possible?
>
> regards,
> Oleh
>

The following will do what you want.

set the value
#+begin_src lisp :results silent
(defvar foo '(defun square (x)  (* x x)))
#+end_src

#+begin_src lisp :results output pp code
foo
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp

(DEFUN SQUARE (X) (* X X))
#+END_SRC

Best,

-- 
Eric Schulte
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