Re: Generate BEGIN_EXAMPLE block dynamically during export

[Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com>]

Aloha Kaushal,

Kaushal Modi writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to have an EXAMPLE block in my org file whose value is set using
> something like an org macro at the time of export.
>
> So, something like:
>
> #+MACRO TAR_FILE some_file.tar.gz
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>> tar xvzf {{{TAR_FILE}}}
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> As the above is not possible, what would be a good way to generate the
> EXAMPLE block on the fly during export with the value of {{{TAR_FILE}}}
> replaced based on the macro definition?

You might use babel instead of a macro:

,---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| #+name: tar-eg                                                            
| #+header: :var tar-file=""                                                
| #+begin_src emacs-lisp                                                    
| (format "> tar xzvf %s" tar-file)                                         
| #+end_src                                                                 
|                                                                           
| #+CALL: tar-eg(tar-file="some_file.tar.gz") :wrap example :exports results
|                                                                           
| #+results:                                                                
| #+BEGIN_example                                                           
| > tar xzvf some_file.tar.gz                                               
| #+END_example                                                             
`---------------------------------------------------------------------------

hth,
Tom

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