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Welcome to Org Babel reference card. It contains the reference documentation that describes how to perform code execution within Org mode documents using Org BabelĀ 8.

In a nutshell, Org Babel is like Sweave (for reproducible research (See section 2)) but it takes a large number of possible languages (C, Java, Python, Ruby, R, …) and Org mode can produce HTML as well as PDF.

Prolonged use may cause addiction!

Literate Programming

Literate programming (LP) offers 2 classical operations:

  • Tangle: Extract the source code blocks and generate real working code files for further compilation or execution, eventually outside of Emacs.

  • Weave: Export the whole Org file as literate, human-readable documentation (generally in HTML or LaTeX).

Reproducible Research

Above those, Org Babel adds in situ code evaluation:

  • during interactive use (in the Org buffer itself),
  • during tangle, and/or
  • during weave (code blocks with :exports set to results or both)

This allows you to insert in your Org document:

  • all data (that can reasonably be included),
  • all code you used, and
  • the full set of outputs you got,

following the principles of reproducible research (RR).

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