Ok found the answer "hidden" away in a org manual page.. :) The solution it so to use ':noweb-ref NAME' as an argument in the drawer
sorry for the noise Z On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again, i posted a separate issue on multiple code blocks in babel > creating 1 config but then realized this actually is very appropriate for > this thread...apologize for that. > > @Kaushal, the method you suggested works really well for 1 code block=1 > config file. but what happens when my config file is made out of 1 few > babel code blocks that i tangle together into 1 config file. for example: > > * tmux conf > :PROPERTIES: > :header-args: :noweb yes :tangle /zeltak@132.72.155.204:~/.tmux.conf > :END: > > ***** Mouse > :PROPERTIES: > :ID: ba8ce7aa-2b3b-43be-816d-ea2ab515a999 > :END: > #+BEGIN_SRC conf > #--------------> mouse > setw -g mouse on > set-option -g status-keys vi > #+END_SRC > > ***** Theme and look > :PROPERTIES: > :ID: 85257f51-1306-4caf-a055-a6df3afac1a5 > :END: > #+BEGIN_SRC conf > #--------------> THEME AND LOOK > #default theme picker > source /home/zeltak/.tmux/neonB > #source /home/zeltak/.tmux/solarized-dark > #+END_SRC > > how do i add a name (#+NAME) argument that covers all the sub headers that > will make '.tmux.conf'. > and then using noweb how does one reffer to that name <<tmux.conf>> that > will cover all the tiny blocks that create the tmux.conf? > > best! > > Z > > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> thx! >> >> that works well for me :D >> >> best and happy holidays :) >> >> Z >> >> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.m...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017, 4:55 AM Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi alll >>>> >>> >>> Hello >>> >>> Im looking for a way to to mirror/auto populate a section of text in >>>> another location in the same org buffer and/or other org file. >>>> >>>> for example, i manage my config files in org mode for multiple >>>> machines. i want to have a section like this >>>> >>>> #+BEGIN_SRC conf :mkdirp yes :tangle ~/machine A >>>> CODE >>>> #+END_SRC >>>> where the same content of CODE is mirroed/auto generated in another >>>> code block for machine B >>>> >>>> #+BEGIN_SRC conf :mkdirp yes :tangle ~/machine B >>>> CODE >>>> #+END_SRC >>>> >>>> is this in anyway possible? >>>> >>> >>> You cannot have real-time mirroring of content in the Org file itself. >>> >>> But you can implement that DRY model by using Noweb references (See the >>> "Noweb reference syntax" node in the Org manual). >>> >>> You can put the CODE in a separate src block with :noweb-ref set to foo, >>> and then wherever in other code blocks you want to mirror that, you simply >>> put <<foo>>. >>> >>> As I said you won't see the mirroring happen live in the Org buffer. But >>> you will see the mirroring done in the exported files. >>> >>> PS: For non-code mirroring (in exported files), there's also do: >>> >>> #+INCLUDE: "./can-be-same-file.org::#CUSTOM_ID" :only-contents t >>> >>> (See the "Include files" node in the Org manual for more.) >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Kaushal Modi >>> >> >> >
