From: "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: using a simple numerical variable in an org text ocument
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:43:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86mwp922bt.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAN_Dec-gkQnop2+AnwM89XsfotJi-WhLshxomBw7QivyWtmSfg@mail.gmail.com
Matt Price wrote:
> I'm making a very simple org-document -- a packing list for a trip.
> It has entries like
>
> - 4 mugs
> - for sleeping bags
> - 4 thermarest pads
>
>
> I'd like to replace the numbers there by a variable -- so if I make a
> list for 4 people, the number displayed will be '4'; but if the list
> is for 2 people, the number displayed will be 2. Better would be if I
> could also do simple arithmetic manipulations (x * 6 dinners for a
> week...). I there a really simple way to do this? if it's not really
> easy, it won't really seem worth it, but if it is really easy, I will
> use it a lot...
As macros are expanded before Babel code is evaluated, I would
try #+scr_calc{...} with MACRO constants in the formula (untested).
Best regards,
Seb
--
Sebastien Vauban
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-26 7:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-25 21:36 using a simple numerical variable in an org text ocument Matt Price
2013-07-25 21:55 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-07-25 23:39 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-07-26 1:16 ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2013-07-26 7:43 ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2013-07-27 18:19 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2013-08-14 5:54 ` Sebastien Vauban
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