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[Orgmode] Re: Org mode release 6.04


From: Shelagh Manton
Subject: [Orgmode] Re: Org mode release 6.04
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:43:25 +1000

On Mon, 26 May 2008 07:57:22 +1000
Shelagh Manton <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, 25 May 2008 08:41:54 -0400
> Austin Frank <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, May 25 2008, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> > 
> > > Editing source code example in the proper mode
> > > ----------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
> > > include these examples into a `#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC' or
> > > (with the org-mtags module loaded) a `<src...' structure.  `lang'
> > > stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
> > > could be `emacs-lisp' for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or `org' for
> > > Org mode examples.  You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
> > > followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
> > > mode.  This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
> > > the example and setting the appropriate mode.  You need to exit
> > > editing by killing that indirect buffer, with `C-x k'.  This is
> > > important, because lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will
> > > be quoted when the indirect buffer is killed.
> > 
> > Carsten--
> > 
> > This is a phenomenally exciting addition.  Combining this with the
> > htmlized code examples in html export, and the option for \LaTeX
> > export, org has clearly just vaulted past the rest of the field for
> > literate programming.  Expect a tutorial from me in the next few
> > weeks about using org with RWeave (the R variant of SWeave).  This
> > will be a fantastic way to write articles that include statistical
> > analyses and figures.
> > 
> > That said, don't be surprised if by opening this door you end up
> > with some new feature requests from me :)  One addition that I can
> > already see being interested in is the evaluation of embedded code
> > before export, so that the results of the code are included along
> > with the source.  Obviously, there are security issues here that
> > will need to be thought about, but I'd like to see if we could make
> > this work.
> > 
> > Greedy feature requests aside, this is very, very cool.
> > 
> > > I guess it would be nice to exit with `C-c C-c', but who knows
> > > what this key is supposed to do in a random mode.
> > 
> > I can tell you now that C-c C-c is almost as overloaded in R-mode
> > (from the package ESS) as it is in org-mode, and I will want it to
> > have its R-mode interpretation while I edit R code.  While I'm
> > writing, I'll try to keep an eye out for sensible ways of jumping
> > out of coding mode and back to org-mode.
Bother! I sent without putting in what I wanted to say. Maybe T. Cubitts
auto-overlay.el library might be helpful here. It is part of the
predictive package he puts out and it comes with a nice tutorial on how
to use it.

Shelagh

> > 
> > Thanks for this release!
> > /au
> > 
> 
> 

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