[Orgmode] Re: Orgmode + other modes for outlining and studying.

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Marcelo,

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> Orgmode files are great for studying, for example, code.
>
> Everytime I need to study some unknown code, I create a new org file, put a
> * Code headline, paste the code in there and start making notes below or in
> the code (as comments). It is extremelly fast and efficient to do something
> like that, things just flow.
>
> What I'd like to know is if there's a way to have, for example, orgmode +
> javascript-mode, so that I can get syntax-highlighting/coloring on the
> pasted javascript code. I've tried with javascript mode, but since it is a
> major mode, it just kills org and all its goodies, and I don't want that.
>
> Is there a way to have two major modes at the same time, such as org +
> js-mode?

Are you aware of Org-babel's SRC blocks?

#+BEGIN_SRC java
bla bla
#+END_SRC

And, to work on that source block, just hit C-c C-c when point is in the
block.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban