Re: [O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files

2013-01-24 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > I've been working with Nicolas Goaziou's new LaTeX exporter recently and > the gap between Org mode and AucTeX has narrowed considerably. Thats of course always true for Org-mode, and often the problem isn't really in the software, but sits in front of the

Re: [O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files

2013-01-23 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Thorsten Jolitz writes: > Karl Voit writes: > > Hi, > >> I am not completely convinced to convert my config to org/babel but >> I am not oppose either. Not sure, if there are that many advantages, >> that it is worth my effort, that's all. > > its a bit like writing with LaTeX - in some simpler

Re: [O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files

2013-01-23 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Karl Voit writes: Hi, > I am not completely convinced to convert my config to org/babel but > I am not oppose either. Not sure, if there are that many advantages, > that it is worth my effort, that's all. its a bit like writing with LaTeX - in some simpler but common cases its just great to wr

Re: [O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files

2013-01-23 Thread David Bjergaard
Hi, > Naive question: Are there any performance issues with not being able > to compile my config.org to config.elc as it is possible with > config.el files? I used an init.org file in my initialization, and as long as you haven't recently modified your init.org, emacs won't re-tangle the org file

Re: [O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files (was: OT: Learning ELISP)

2013-01-23 Thread Kyle Machulis
Building on these idea, eric schulte's emacs 24 starter kit actually uses tags to configure what should and shouldn't be tangled, to make things easily configurable by others (not really a feature most of us are looking for in configs, but interesting nonetheless). Check out the starter-kit-load fu

Re: [O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files (was: OT: Learning ELISP)

2013-01-23 Thread Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
I also have my Emacs configuration in org mode and it is really great. Before moving to an org-mode initialization file I had multiple elisp files and the main initialization file loaded the individual files. But having everything in one place with the outline and search powers of org-modemuch bet

[O] Using Org/babel for Emacs config files (was: OT: Learning ELISP)

2013-01-23 Thread Karl Voit
Hi! * Jonathan Arkell wrote: > I am a huge advocate of using org files and literate programming in your > config files. Great. I am not completely convinced to convert my config to org/babel but I am not oppose either. Not sure, if there are that many advantages, that it is worth my effort, tha