Re: Literate Programming - Continue a Source Block?

[Neeum Zawan <mailinglists@nawaz.org>]

Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:

> Rather than feeling our way forward step by step it seems that simply
> following the behavior of noweb would both
> 1. allow for easy transition between noweb and babel
> 2. benefit from the years of experience and design accumulated in the
>    noweb project
>
> Does anyone on this list know the noweb system well enough to specify
> its behavior in this regard, and to describe what functional changes
> would be required to bring Babel into line with noweb behavior?

Looking at the basic functionality:

<<...>>= starts a code block. Further uses of it will just append. No
delimiter for end (it ends when you start another code/doc block). 

It can be referenced using <<...>> (without the = symbol). The location
of the reference is not relevant. 

So by default, no overwriting or ordering. 

However, noweb is extensible, and Achim linked to the syntax one can use
to extend it. I haven't read those details. 

Hope that helps.