Interesting! I didn’t know about org-babel-detangle. I’d be very interested in what you come up with. I’ll try to do some exploration on my own as well.
Best, —Diego > On 3 Mar 2018, at 22:50, Matthew Bauer <mjbaue...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, detangling works okay for me. I just setup properties like this: > > * Emacs Init file > :PROPERTIES: > :header-args: :tangle yes :comments link > :END: > > ...etc. > > And you can open the generated file and run "org-babel-detangle" when > you are done editing it. > > I guess I'm interesting in finding some "smarter" ways to do this. > Using 'append' might work better than what I have. I'm also looking in > to doing some sort of "async" usage (using some checks so multiple > tangles don't run at once). > > I wonder if there's an easy way to setup "locks" in Emacs so you can > only edit one file at a time (kind of like how auto revert works). > Still researching all of this. > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Diego Zamboni <di...@zzamboni.org> wrote: >> Hi Matthew, >> >> How do you do the untangling? I have been using an after-hook call to >> org-babel-tangle, which works quite well. It is a bit slow for large files >> with many code segments (like my Emacs init file at >> https://github.com/zzamboni/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.org), and it requires >> a bit of discipline for editing only the org file and not the output file, >> but works well otherwise. I have never tried to de-tangle, that would >> require some markers in the output file I guess? >> >> Here’s the code I use at the moment I am super happy with it, as it prevents >> my output files to get out of sync from the org file: >> >> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook >> (lambda () (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'org-babel-tangle >> 'run-at-end 'only-in-org-mode))) >> >> >> Best, >> —Diego >> >> On 3 Mar 2018, at 04:38, Matthew Bauer <mjbaue...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Is there any good way to automatically tangle Org files and detangle tangled >> files? I frequently use this workflow but they often get out of sync. I have >> tried adding an after-save-hook but it’s too slow to be useful. Something >> like auto revert mode might work better... >> >> Anyone have solutions for this? >> >> -Matthew Bauer >> >>