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Re: [Orgmode] emacs IDE and org


From: Tim O'Callaghan
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] emacs IDE and org
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 18:31:22 +0200

2008/5/9 Rockefeller, Harry <address@hidden>:
> Is anyone using org mode in a software development process? An IDE, emacs is
> no exception, assumes the source code is primary, having tools and methods
> to edit source code files but not org files.  org files, however, appear to
> have all those other features desired in a development process: todo items,
> requirements specifications, reference links, tabular and spreadsheet data,
> etc.  Export of various parts of the org file at different times of
> development may coincide with software process milestones.
>
>

I use Emacs for development, and have used Org to group together file
links and notes
for various projects.

>
> Org to source code seems straight forward via QUOTE, for example.  From
> source to org may be set up using special 'org import' markers such as
>
> //* Top item
>
> //  bla bla
>
> //** Sub item
>
> // bla bla
>
> where the cpp source comment character may get snipped off to use source to
> generate an org file.  Either the source or the org file may be primary.  Or
> maybe the org file is primary early in this process and eventually is
> replaced by source toward the end?
>

This sounds a bit like you want to use org for something like
"Literate Programming"?

Tim.




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