On 3/30/11 Mar 30 -4:33 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.info> wrote: > >> I would like to do the opposite of literate programming (hence the >> subject line!): >> >> I would like to pull into my org file snippets from a code file. I know >> that org-mode will let me import /entire/ source code files. Is there >> some way to say "Import the region of this file between these two >> delimiters?" >> >> If not, do you think it would be hard to add this feature? I already >> have the snappy name, after all! >> > > I don't really understand: can't you cut and paste?
Yes, but if I cut and paste the text of the code that I am describing may change out from under my text. If I import the code, it stays in sync (at least when the document is exported). Honestly, I was tempted to do the literate programming thing with babel, but was concerned that it might not work well as a multiple-author thing (I would be writing the document, but someone else might be modifying the code and might find org-babel confusing). > > And what do you mean that "org-mode will let me import /entire/ source code > files"? Is this a facility other than insert-file? Or are you talking about > the #+INCLUDE mechanism? Yes, I was talking about #+INCLUDE. I was really wondering if there mightn't be something like #+INCLUDE ~/myfile.lisp :from "(defun sample-function" :to "; end sample-function" [sorry --- that's word-wrapped to further obscurity.] cheers, r
