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Is there a way to import code into a Babel source block from an external file?

I am specifically interested in Literate Programming in which the documentation and source code are in one file. Org-Mode has support for Babel's ability to embed source code blocks. One shortcoming is that syntactical highlighting doesn't work, and you can't take advantage of the full Language-mode features when the block is in Org-Mode.

Babel supports 'tangling' source code, which copies the source code into a named file, such as test.py. I am looking for a solution which will let me develop the source code in a fully featured Language-Mode, while being able to document that code, explaining the 'Why', in org mode.

Solution

  • Within the <body> of a source code block

     #+NAME: <name>
 #+BEGIN_SRC <language> <switches> <header arguments>
   <body>
 #+END_SRC

    C-c ' will open a buffer in the appropriate major mode for <language>. The Babel documentation is here.