From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric Schulte" Subject: Re: [babel] Future of Org-babel? Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 08:59:01 -0600 Message-ID: <87eihpkrco.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1OA2Z3-0003h7-EU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 May 2010 11:00:37 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59669 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OA2Yx-0003bw-BT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 May 2010 11:00:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OA2Yt-0007FO-FB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 May 2010 11:00:30 -0400 Received: from mail-px0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:58912) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OA2Yt-0007F4-5Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 May 2010 11:00:27 -0400 Received: by pxi15 with SMTP id 15so26760pxi.0 for ; Thu, 06 May 2010 08:00:26 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nathan Neff Cc: emacs-orgmode Hi Nathan, Nathan Neff writes: > Guys, > > Is there a project/TODO/Wish list for Org-babel? > Yes, see the babel development page [1] where we keep all pending TODOs and BUGs for Org-babel. It may be easier to view the underlying Org-mode file -- development.org our development repository [2]. > > I'd like to give a presentation on Org-babel at the Strange Loop > conference in St. Louis > in October. > > http://strangeloop2010.com/ > > The Strange Loop conference attracted a lot of very smart people that > I think would be interested in contributing to Org-babel, particularly > because it's a young project. > That's great, the more the merrier. > > There's plenty more languages that Org-babel could support, so that's > one area that I could mention needs help. > Certainly true. > > But, I'd like to point out some of the advanced/aim-for-the-sky ideas > that you guys have for Org-babel -- that would really spark some > interest in the crowd. > > What would you say are the most aggressive / cool features that you're > considering for Org-babel? > The first things that come to mind would be allowing for processing of Org-babel files from outside of Emacs. It would be nice to provide external commands which would allow for the tangling and/or execution of code from Org-babel files. I think this could ease the collaboration of babel and non-babel users. This has recently come up in relation to Org-mode export in the form of external tools which approximate Org-mode export allowing these processes to take place without 'Emacs --batch' commands. It would be a big task, but maybe Org-mode and Org-babel could think about externalizing some of their exportation tasks. This would be helped by the possible (hopeful) conversion of Emacs to run on the Guile VM in the next year or two [3]. I'd love to hear more ideas from Org-babel users on this list, as you've proven to be the most adept at driving Org-babel development. Thanks for bringing this up -- Eric > > Thanks, > --Nate > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode Footnotes: [1] http://eschulte.github.com/babel-dev/ [2] http://github.com/eschulte/babel-dev [3] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/123666