Re: [O] example filter for code blocks?

[Thomas S. Dye]

Hi John,

Terrific! There go my plans for the weekend ... :)

Good luck with the heavy-handed journal processor.  It seems worth
pursuing to me.

All the best,
Tom

John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:

> I think it is so interesting, we have actually tried a variation of it! I
> set up an org-file that exported a supplementary information file, using
> attachfile to embed data files and scripts in the pdf. Unfortunately, the
> journal "processed" the pdf file, and stripped those files out ;( We
> haven't tried to see if we can get our original supplemental pdf accepted.
>
>
> John
>
> -----------------------------------
> John Kitchin
> Associate Professor
> Doherty Hall A207F
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> 412-268-7803
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Thomas S. Dye <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > Hi everyone,
>> > Thanks for  the tips in using export filters for code blocks. I thought I
>> > would share my current solution. The goal was to export all the code
>> blocks
>> > in an org-file to files systematically named part1/script-%d.py where %d
>> is
>> > a number. I didnot want to tangle exactly, because I wanted to avoid
>> naming
>> > the code block tangle files.
>> >
>> > Then, I wanted to insert a pdf link that would open the file, after the
>> > syntax highlighted code.
>> >
>> > I wanted this because it is not convenient to copy and paste the
>> > syntax-highlighted code into an editor. I teach from the pdf that is
>> > generated, and it would be convenient to just open the code, edit and
>> rerun
>> > to explore solutions.
>>
>> This seems like it might be an elegant way to distribute a piece of
>> reproducible research. I suspect most readers would prefer to have a pdf
>> entry point into a compendium over an Org-mode entry point. Instead of
>> distributing the Org-mode file that is configured to make a pdf file,
>> carry out calculations, draw figures, etc., one could distribute a
>> ready-made pdf file with an appendix of Supplementary Material that has
>> all the code for calculations, figures, etc.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
>>
>> --
>> Thomas S. Dye
>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>
> I think it is so interesting, we have actually tried a variation of
> it! I set up an org-file that exported a supplementary information
> file, using attachfile to embed data files and scripts in the pdf.
> Unfortunately, the journal "processed" the pdf file, and stripped
> those files out ;( We haven't tried to see if we can get our original
> supplemental pdf accepted. 
>
> John
>
> -----------------------------------
> John Kitchin
> Associate Professor
> Doherty Hall A207F
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> 412-268-7803
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Thomas S. Dye <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     Hi John,
>     
>     
>     John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:
>     
>     > Hi everyone,
>     > Thanks for the tips in using export filters for code blocks. I
>     thought I
>     > would share my current solution. The goal was to export all the
>     code blocks
>     > in an org-file to files systematically named part1/script-%d.py
>     where %d is
>     > a number. I didnot want to tangle exactly, because I wanted to
>     avoid naming
>     > the code block tangle files.
>     >
>     > Then, I wanted to insert a pdf link that would open the file,
>     after the
>     > syntax highlighted code.
>     >
>     > I wanted this because it is not convenient to copy and paste the
>     > syntax-highlighted code into an editor. I teach from the pdf
>     that is
>     > generated, and it would be convenient to just open the code,
>     edit and rerun
>     > to explore solutions.
>     
>     
>     This seems like it might be an elegant way to distribute a piece
>     of
>     reproducible research. I suspect most readers would prefer to have
>     a pdf
>     entry point into a compendium over an Org-mode entry point.
>     Instead of
>     distributing the Org-mode file that is configured to make a pdf
>     file,
>     carry out calculations, draw figures, etc., one could distribute a
>     ready-made pdf file with an appendix of Supplementary Material
>     that has
>     all the code for calculations, figures, etc.
>     
>     What do you think?
>     
>     All the best,
>     Tom
>     
>     --
>     Thomas S. Dye
>     http://www.tsdye.com
>
>

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