Re: Using Org-mode for literate Emacs configuration with use-package

["Sébastien Gendre" <seb@k-7.ch>]

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Thank you. It's a very nice feature.

I need to look how it work with tangle.


John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> This sounds like a use case for noweb. Check out 
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Noweb-Reference-Syntax.html
>
> John
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> On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 8:45 AM Sébastien Gendre <seb@k-7.ch> wrote:
>
>  Hello,
>
>  I am using Org-mode and the elisp function `(org-babel-load-file)` to
>  write my Emacs configuration into an Org-mode document. It's very
>  useful to document my configuration and I can quickly do exports to HTML
>  or PDF when a friend want to know more about my configuration.
>
>  But, I have a problem.
>
>  Sometimes, I need to split a package configuration into multiple
>  sections of my Org-mode document. For example Org-mode, because I set a
>  lot of settings. By spiting my config, I can correctly document each
>  option and organize it in a more comprehensible way.
>
>  But with the elisp function `(use-package)`, I need to join each package
>  configuration into the call of `(use-package)` function. Which prevent
>  me from splitting my config into Org-mode sections.
>
>  I was thinking of writing Org-mode source block with different parts of
>  my `(use-package)` call, so I can distribute it into different section of my
>  Org-mode document. But in this case, I can no-longer evaluate my
>  `(use-package)` call directly from my Org-mode document.
>
>  Do you have any suggestion ? How do you manage this problem ?
>
>  Best regards
>
>  -------
>  Gendre Sébastien

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