Re: Feature Request: Allow Tangling Named INCLUDEs

[Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:

> On 01/27/14, 01:44 , Nick Daly wrote:
>> Hi Bastien,
>>
>>> Nick Daly wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks, I have a situation where I have many named code
>>>> snippets currently available in external files, and would like
>>>> to tangle them into an Org mode file.
>>
>> Bastien writes:
>>> I'm not the one who would undertake this, so my opinion on this
>>> should not matter much... but I think #+INCLUDE is well suited
>>> for exporting, not for tangling.  I'm not able to say why, this
>>> is just an intuition.
>>
>> It seems to me like it's trying to unify exporting and tangling:
>> this emphasizes that tangling is just another (very specific
>> plain-text) form of exporting.
>
> I agree here - I also see tangling as just a different export backend.
>
> I must say I like the idea of having #+INCLUDE expanded before export,
> as it would make using code libraries much easier. But one could even
> go one step further: not only include the complete file, but only a
> named source block - that would be perfect.
>
> Just wondering - wouldn't it be possible, to just put the function
> org-export-expand-include-keyword into the pre-tangle-hook?
>

Why don't you try it out and let us know.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Rainer
>
>> Using Eric's function for exporting allows me to remove lots of
>> boilerplate code from the source org file and keep the org source
>> better focused on the code's function and structure.
>>
>> Sure it's weird, but it sure is handy.
>>
>> Nick
>>
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