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Re: included text
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Samuel Wales |
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Re: included text |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:25:06 -0700 |
the include route seems brittle to me, as you have to name the file
you are in. this would be interesting:
#+include: {{{input-file}}}::#yada-quote
(i have a bug in org more recent than a pretty old version so idk if
this is already possible.)
On 11/4/19, Richard Lawrence <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Fraga, Eric" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Mind you, an alternative could be #+CALL-ing a src block
>> that generates the text as output?
>
> On these lines: I've been thinking recently that it would be great to be
> able to tangle/export other kinds of blocks (quotes, examples, etc.) via
> the same kind of mechanism that src blocks use.
>
> This would be really useful for me for making e.g. handouts from the
> file that contains notes for a talk or a paper.
>
> I've done this in the past with src blocks containing Org source code.
> So instead of writing
>
> #+begin_quote
> Yada yada
> #+end_quote
>
> I write
>
> #+begin_src org :tangle handout.org
> ,#+begin_quote
> Yada yada
> ,#+end_quote
> #+end_src
>
> and create the handout.org file via org-babel-tangle.
>
> This works but it is pretty clunky, and you lose a lot of the benefit of
> having the original quote block. For one thing, it no longer exports as
> a quote from the original file, but as source code. I'd rather just
> write:
>
> #+begin_quote :tangle handout.org
> Yada yada
> #+end_quote
>
> or even better:
>
> #+name: yada-quote
> #+begin_quote
> Yada yada
> #+end_quote
>
> and then in handout.org, something like:
>
> #+include: talk.org::#yada-quote
>
> Is there anyone who would be interested in this besides just me and
> Samuel? (Can this already be done somehow in a non-clunky way?? I find
> John's suggestion intriguing but too clunky: it seems like I shouldn't
> have to pass a block of text through a shell or Python interpreter just
> to include it verbatim in another Org file!)
>
> --
> Best,
> Richard
>
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- included text, Samuel Wales, 2019/11/02
- Re: included text, Fraga, Eric, 2019/11/03
- Re: included text, Samuel Wales, 2019/11/03
- Re: included text, Samuel Wales, 2019/11/03
- Re: included text, Fraga, Eric, 2019/11/04
- Re: included text, John Kitchin, 2019/11/04
- Re: included text, Richard Lawrence, 2019/11/04
- Re: included text,
Samuel Wales <=