Hi Dan and Eric, Please find here a document written with both NoWeb and Org-babel, to be able to compare and explain the differences between both approaches.
What's *nice with Org-babel* is: - code is easy to edit in the source buffer with =C-c '= (highlighted correctly in the indirect buffer) - source (Org text + code) is much, much more readable (with nicely highlighted sections) - all the source blocks are correctly colored in the PDF, according to the source language (via listings) -- even the ones that are not tangled Org-babel source: http://www.mygooglest.com/sva/ecm-babel-org.org Org-babel PDF: http://www.mygooglest.com/sva/ecm-babel-org.pdf What's *not nice with Noweb* is: - source (Org text + code) is even less readable than LaTeX, and not really correctly fontified by current Emacs modes (being "extended" LaTeX) - code must be tangled through an external command - source blocks are just verbatim (with yellow background in my case), but no language-sensitive highlighting - only tangled outputs that are re-imported in the document through listings can be highlighted correctly in the PDF Noweb source: http://www.mygooglest.com/sva/ecm-noweb.nw Noweb PDF: http://www.mygooglest.com/sva/ecm-noweb.pdf Though, what's *nice with Noweb* is: - every code snippet is identified (left, in the PDF) by a counter, for easy reference (page + order position) from another block of code - every code snippet lists where it's used (right, in the PDF), using the same counters - tangled code is correctly indented These last points are, for me, the only "drawbacks" (a "big word" -- dunno which other word to use, not native speaker) of Org-babel for literate programming. Would they be fixed, Org-babel would clearly, clearly, clearly out-beats all alternative I'm aware of (Nuweb and NoWeb)... Would they never be fixed, I still prefer Org-babel (vs NoWeb)! Best regards, Seb -- Sébastien Vauban _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
