From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Jolitz Subject: Re: Anyone using or interested in an org to Rmarkdown exporter? Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:37:45 +0100 Message-ID: <87ppd7mcjq.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59345) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkW4G-00037J-Rf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:38:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkW4C-0000GE-Ck for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:38:00 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkW4C-0000Fv-5c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:37:56 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XkW4B-0006oF-7j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:37:55 +0100 Received: from g231110129.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.231.110.129]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:37:55 +0100 Received: from tjolitz by g231110129.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:37:55 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Grant Rettke writes: Hi Grant, > Last week I started learning about [RMarkdown]. It is a [literate > programming] tool implemented in, and for, the [ℝ programming > language]. Although I haven't dug in deep yet, I do know that (1) it is > /basically/ [Markdown] and that (2) `org' exports both to [vanilla > markdown] and also [GitHub flavored Markdown] and that (3) a lot of my > peers use `RMarkdown' and not `org'. With that that in mind I got > curious about what it would take to write an `org2rmarkdown' exporter. > > The scope of my interest is one-time exports for the most basic and > simple `org' document. As such, right now I have no requirements beyond > thinking about the opportunity. After doing some Internet searches, > there does not seem to be an exporter right now. Questions: > > • Does one exist and I missed it? > • Do you have any interest in such an exporter? > • Has anyone else ever thought of doing this? If yes, why didn't you? > • My guess is that doing an exporter that [builds on an existing > exporter], mentioned above, would be a great start. Thoughts? > • The big difference seems to be control statements passed to the > interpreter, which may or may not be necessary to convert. If not, > than the *stock* `markdown' exporter would provide everything > > Kind regards, what would acutally be the benefit of using RMarkdown over Org-mode, or put it another way - when you already use RMarkdown, why do you need Org-mode too? And if you use Org-mode, what does RMarkdown add to the table? And then there is Outshine too, which lets you switch seemlessly switch between ESS[R] and Org-mode, so you can program in R-mode, and write and export in Org-ode, as well as other LP modes like the old (now overhauled) ESS multi-mode and a new multi-mode developed by Phillip Lord, so one needs reasons to add just another tool to the tool stack IMO. > [RMarkdown] http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/ > > [literate programming] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming > > [ℝ programming language] http://www.r-project.org/ > > [Markdown] http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax > > [vanilla markdown] http://orgmode.org/manual/Markdown-export.html > > [GitHub flavored Markdown] > http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/plain/contrib/lisp/ox-gfm.el > > [builds on an existing exporter] > http://orgmode.org/manual/Adding-export-back_002dends.html -- cheers, Thorsten