Re: Feature Request: Allow Tangling Named INCLUDEs

[Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de>]

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On 01/27/14, 15:37 , Eric Schulte wrote:
> Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de> writes:
> 
>> On 01/27/14, 01:44 , Nick Daly wrote:
>>> Hi Bastien,
>>> 
>>>> Nick Daly wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi folks, I have a situation where I have many named code 
>>>>> snippets currently available in external files, and would
>>>>> like to tangle them into an Org mode file.
>>> 
>>> Bastien writes:
>>>> I'm not the one who would undertake this, so my opinion on
>>>> this should not matter much... but I think #+INCLUDE is well
>>>> suited for exporting, not for tangling.  I'm not able to say
>>>> why, this is just an intuition.
>>> 
>>> It seems to me like it's trying to unify exporting and
>>> tangling: this emphasizes that tangling is just another (very
>>> specific plain-text) form of exporting.
>> 
>> I agree here - I also see tangling as just a different export
>> backend.
>> 
>> I must say I like the idea of having #+INCLUDE expanded before
>> export, as it would make using code libraries much easier. But
>> one could even go one step further: not only include the complete
>> file, but only a named source block - that would be perfect.
>> 
>> Just wondering - wouldn't it be possible, to just put the
>> function org-export-expand-include-keyword into the
>> pre-tangle-hook?
>> 
> 
> Why don't you try it out and let us know.

OK - did it.

It expands the #+INCLUDE in the actual org buffer, so they are
expanded after the tangleing, which is not exactly what one wants.

Cheers,

Rainer
> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Rainer
>> 
>>> Using Eric's function for exporting allows me to remove lots
>>> of boilerplate code from the source org file and keep the org
>>> source better focused on the code's function and structure.
>>> 
>>> Sure it's weird, but it sure is handy.
>>> 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>> 
>> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc
>> (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>> 
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- -- 
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

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