Hi Robert, Robert Goldman wrote: > 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).
Not a problem: your colleagues edit the tangled file, and you untangle it on demand (iff delimiter comments haven't been touched). Best regards, Seb -- Sébastien Vauban