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-;;; org-babel-init.el --- loads org-babel
-
-;; Copyright (C) 2009 Eric Schulte
-
-;; Author: Eric Schulte
-;; Keywords: literate programming, reproducible research
-;; Homepage: http://orgmode.org
-;; Version: 0.01
-
-;;; License:
-
-;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
-;; any later version.
-;;
-;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;
-;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
-;;; Commentary:
-
-;; for more information see the comments in org-babel.el
-
-;;; Code:
-(let* ((babel-dir (expand-file-name
-                   "lisp"
-                   (expand-file-name
-                    "babel"
-                    (expand-file-name
-                     ".." (file-name-directory (or load-file-name buffer-file-name))))))
-
-       (langs-dir (expand-file-name "langs" babel-dir)))
-
-  (add-to-list 'load-path babel-dir)
-  (add-to-list 'load-path langs-dir)
-
-  ;; org-babel core
-  (require 'cl)
-  (require 'org)
-  (require 'org-table)
-  (require 'org-exp-blocks)
-  (require 'org-babel)
-  (require 'org-babel-ref)
-  (require 'org-babel-exp)
-  (require 'org-babel-table)
-  (require 'org-babel-comint)
-  (require 'org-babel-lob)
-  (require 'org-babel-tangle)
-  (require 'org-babel-keys)
-
-  ;; org-babel languages
-  (require 'org-babel-emacs-lisp)
-  (require 'org-babel-sh)
-
-  ;; Library of babel
-  (defvar org-babel-lob-dir
-    (expand-file-name ".." babel-dir)
-    "The directory holding the library-of-babel")
-  (defun org-babel-load-library-of-babel ()
-    (org-babel-lob-ingest (expand-file-name "library-of-babel.org" org-babel-lob-dir))))
-
-(provide 'org-babel-init)
-;;; org-babel-init.el ends here