[Orgmode] [babel] language support

[Thomas S. Dye]

Aloha all,

Is it possible (or would it be useful) to leverage the literate programming facilities of org-babel to write LaTeX code?  

I'd like to weave a document that describes how some thesis/idea/story can be developed/elaborated/told and then tangle an instance of 'developed thesis'/'elaborated idea'/'told story' that LaTeX can make presentable.  The motivation for this is a desire to have one source document that will tangle 1) a slide presentation via beamer, and 2) a print document for publication.  The two share a common organization/structure/plot but there are radically different presentation mode constraints.

Org-mode is a terrific tool for organizing, structuring, and plotting.  Org-babel seems to be a likely candidate for abstracting the different presentation modes.

Here is some pseudo-code for illustration:

* Idea 1

#+srcname: beamer-idea-1

#+begin_src latex :exports none
\begin{itemize}
	\item first concept
	\item second concept
\end{itemize}
#+end_src
#+srcname: latex-idea-1
#+begin_src latex :exports none
The first concept was developed by \citet{author1}.  It later became the basis for the second concept \citep{author2}. ...
#+end_src

#+srcname: beamer-presentation
#+begin_src latex :tangle beamer-thesis :exports none
# <<beamer-idea-1>>
# <<beamer-idea-2>>
... 
#+end_src
#+srcname: latex-presentation
#+begin_src latex :tangle latex-thesis :exports none
# <<latex-idea-1>>
# <<latex-idea-2>>
... 
#+end_src
Tom

Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.

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