From aec7ec05d3dc76afda6a32ba85320e2230d15d94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Schulte Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:20:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] more fleshing out of the introduction --- org-babel.org | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/org-babel.org b/org-babel.org index 1a96bbf97..8c41e7704 100644 --- a/org-babel.org +++ b/org-babel.org @@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ Org-Babel provides: ** communication between programs -*** interaction between languages (disk usage in your home directory) +Org-Mode supports embedded blocks of source code (in any language) +inside of Org documents. Org-Babel allows these blocks of code to be +executed from within Org-Mode with natural handling of their inputs +and outputs. + +*** simple execution +with both scalar, file, and table output + + +*** reading information from tables + + +*** reading information from other source blocks (disk usage in your home directory) This will work for Linux and Mac users, not so sure about shell commands for windows users. @@ -95,6 +107,10 @@ and the results to be collected in the same table. ** communication between people +Quick overview of Org-Mode's exportation abilities, with links to the +online Org-Mode documentation, a focus on source-code blocks, and the +exportation options provided by Org-Babel. + *** interactive documentation (tutorial)