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

["Sébastien Gendre" <seb@k-7.ch>]

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Thank you very much.

So, you can make a reference to a block of code who is defined below ?

It's a very nice feature. Org-mode is very amazing. :D Even after many
years of daily use, people still make me discover new features.



Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Sébastien Gendre <seb@k-7.ch> writes:
>
>> 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 ?
>
> You can make use of noweb expansion:
>
> * Org config
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes :noweb yes
>   (use-package org
>     :config
>     <<org-settings>>
>     )
> #+end_src
>
> ** Actual config
> :PROPERTIES:
> :header-args: :noweb-ref org-settings :tangle no
> :END:
> *** Agenda files
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (setq org-agenda-files '("/path/to/agenda/files"))
> #+end_src
> *** Startup
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   (setq org-startup-indented t)
> #+end_src

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