org-mode/lisp/org-babel-lob.el

;;; org-babel-lob.el --- The Library of Babel: off-the-shelf functions for data analysis and plotting using org-babel

;; Copyright (C) 2009 Dan Davison, Eric Schulte

;; Author: Dan Davison, 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.
;;
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;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

;;; Commentary:

;; See org-babel.org in the parent directory for more information

;;; Code:
(require 'org-babel)
(require 'org-babel-table)

(defvar org-babel-library-of-babel nil
  "Library of source-code blocks.  This is an association list.
Populate the library by adding files to `org-babel-lob-files'.")

(defcustom org-babel-lob-files '()
  "Files used to populate the `org-babel-library-of-babel'.  To
add files to this list use the `org-babel-lob-ingest' command."
  :group 'org-babel
  :type 'list)

(defun org-babel-lob-ingest (&optional file)
  "Add all source-blocks defined in FILE to `org-babel-library-of-babel'."
  (interactive "f")
  (org-babel-map-source-blocks file
    (let ((source-name (intern (org-babel-get-src-block-name)))
          (info (org-babel-get-src-block-info)))
      (when source-name
        ;; remove :var elements from params
        ;; (once we have a better way of combining parameter lists then we won't have to do this)
        (setf (third info) (assq-delete-all :var (third info)))
        (setq org-babel-library-of-babel
              (cons (cons source-name info)
                    (assq-delete-all source-name org-babel-library-of-babel)))))))

(org-babel-lob-ingest ;; actually add the source-blocks defined in library-of-babel.org
 (expand-file-name "library-of-babel.org"
                   (expand-file-name ".." (file-name-directory (or load-file-name buffer-file-name)))))

;; functions for executing lob one-liners

(defvar org-babel-lob-one-liner-regexp "#\\+lob:[ \t]+\\([^\n]+\\)\n")

(defun org-babel-lob-execute-maybe ()
  "Detect if this is context for a org-babel Library Of Babel
src-block and if so then run the appropriate source block from
the Library."
  (interactive)
  (let ((info (org-babel-lob-get-info)))
    (if info (progn (org-babel-lob-execute info) t) nil)))

(add-hook 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook 'org-babel-lob-execute-maybe)

(defun org-babel-lob-get-info ()
  "Return the information of the current Library of Babel line as
a list of the following form.

  (source-block-name header-arguments-alist)"
  (let ((case-fold-search t))
    (save-excursion
      (move-beginning-of-line 1)
      (if (looking-at org-babel-lob-one-liner-regexp)
          (org-babel-clean-text-properties (match-string 1))))))

(defun org-babel-lob-execute (info)
  (let ((params (org-babel-parse-header-arguments (concat ":var results=" info))))
    (org-babel-execute-src-block t (list "emacs-lisp" "results" params))))

(provide 'org-babel-lob)
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