1 #+TITLE: org-exp-blocks.el --- pre-process blocks when exporting org files
2 #+OPTIONS: ^:{} author:nil toc:2
7 =org-exp-blocks= can be used to pre-process blocks when exporting org
8 files. An extensible framework for block exportation is provided, as
9 well as block exporters for [[http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/][ditaa]], [[http://www.graphviz.org/][dot]], comments.
11 Note: the ability to evaluate [[http://www.r-project.org/][R]] blocks with org-exp-blocks has been
12 removed. Please use [[file:babel/index.org][org-babel]] for this purpose.
18 To use =org-exp-blocks= first [[* Loading it][load it]] as described below. Then try
23 [[http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/][ditaa]] is a tool for converting ASCII images into actual images. I
24 believe ditaa is distributed with newer versions of org-mode. To make
25 sure that you have ditaa installed check the value of
26 `org-ditaa-jar-path', it should point to a =ditaa.jar= file. Once
27 ditaa is installed and the `org-ditaa-jar-path' variable is set
28 appropriately copy the following block in an org-mode file
30 : #+begin_ditaa blue.png -r -S
40 Then export that file to HTML or LaTeX. You should see an image like
41 the following appear in the exported file.
43 [[file:../images/org-exp-blocks/blue.png]]
48 dot is a language for representing structural information as diagrams
49 of abstract graphs and networks. It is part of [[http://www.graphviz.org/][Graphviz]]. To try out
50 =org-exp-blocks= dot export install the =dot= shell command on your
51 system, copy the following into an org-mode file
53 : #+begin_dot dot.png -Tpng
54 : digraph data_relationships {
59 : "HTML" [shape=Mrecord, label="{HTML|publish on the web\l}"]
60 : "LaTeX" [shape=Mrecord, label="{LaTeX|publish in PDF\l}"]
61 : "org-mode" -> "org-exp-blocks"
63 : "ditaa" -> "org-mode"
64 : "org-exp-blocks" -> "HTML"
65 : "org-exp-blocks" -> LaTeX
69 Then export that file to HTML or LaTeX. You should see an image like
70 the following appear in the exported file.
72 [[file:../images/org-exp-blocks/dot.png]]
75 *** Loading it (No surprises here)
78 M-x customize-apropos org-modules
80 Check the line for exp-blocks. This will cause it to be loaded every
81 time you start org-mode.
83 You'll still have to load it manually the first time.
85 Of course, you can also just try it out by loading it manually.
87 If you prefer to manually customize your emacs then make sure that the
88 path to org's contrib directory is in your load-path and add the
89 following to your =.emacs=.
91 : (require 'org-exp-blocks)
94 *** Adding new source-code types
95 =org-exp-blocks= is extensible. If you would like to add a new block
96 type code to =org-exp-blocks= you may do so by defining an export
97 function for that block which will be called by
98 `org-export-blocks-preprocess'. Then add the block name, and the name
99 of the function to the `org-export-blocks' variable.
101 If you add a new block type, and get it working please share your
102 changes with the mailing list or post them [[additional-block-types][here]].
106 =org-exp-blocks= was developed by Eric Schulte with much-appreciated
107 help from Carsten Dominik.
109 * Additional Block Types
110 #<<additional-block-types>>
114 Asymptote is a "powerful descriptive vector graphics language for
115 technical drawing". For more information see
116 [[http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/]].
120 The following can be used to add asymptote support to
123 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
124 (setq org-export-blocks
125 (cons '(asy org-export-blocks-format-asy) org-export-blocks))
127 (defun org-export-blocks-format-asy (body &rest headers)
128 "Pass block BODY to the asy utility creating an image.
129 Specify the path at which the image should be saved as the first
130 element of headers, any additional elements of headers will be
131 passed to the asy utility as command line arguments. The default
132 output format is pdf, but you can specify any format supported by
133 Imagemagick convert program with '-f outformat'."
134 (message "asy-formatting...")
135 (let* ((out-file (if headers (car headers)))
136 (format (or (and (string-match ".+\\.\\(.+\\)" out-file)
137 (match-string 1 out-file))
139 (args (if (cdr headers) (mapconcat 'identity (cdr headers) " ")))
140 (data-file (make-temp-file "org-asy")))
141 (setq body (if (string-match "^\\([^:\\|:[^ ]\\)" body)
143 (mapconcat (lambda (x) (substring x (if (> (length x) 1) 2 1)))
144 (org-split-string body "\n")
148 (with-temp-file data-file (insert body))
149 (message (concat "asy -globalwrite -f " format " -o " out-file " " args " " data-file))
150 (shell-command (concat "asy -globalwrite -f " format " -o " out-file " " args " " data-file))
151 (format "\n[[file:%s]]\n" out-file))
153 "\n#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n"
154 body (if (string-match "\n$" body) "" "\n")
155 "#+END_EXAMPLE\n")))))
159 Here is a simple asymptote block :
161 : #+begin_asy out.png
166 : real f(real t) {return 1+cos(t);}
168 : path g=polargraph(f,0,2pi,operator ..)--cycle;
171 : xaxis("$x$",above=true);
172 : yaxis("$y$",above=true);
174 : dot("$(a,0)$",(1,0),N);
175 : dot("$(2a,0)$",(2,0),N+E);
178 The output should be [[file:../images/org-exp-blocks/cardioid.png]]
181 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for adding support for asymptote.
184 While dot is capable of generating pdf images directly the results are
185 more pleasing when =dot= is used to generate an eps file and
186 =epstopdf= is used to generate the actual pdf.
188 The following block type takes the name of a file, and generates both
189 and EPS and a PDF file at that base name.
192 The following can be used to add =dot-and-eps= block support to
195 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
196 (defun org-export-blocks-format-dot-and-eps (body &rest headers)
197 "Pass block BODY to the dot graphing utility creating an eps
198 file which is then processed by eps to create a pdf. Specify the
199 path at which the final pdf image should be created as the first
200 element of headers, any additional elements of headers will be
201 passed to the dot utility as command line arguments.
203 #+begin_dot_and_eps duh
209 (message "dot-and-eps-formatting...")
210 (let ((out-file (if headers (car headers)))
211 (args (if (cdr headers) (mapconcat 'identity (cdr headers) " ")))
212 (data-file (make-temp-file "org-dot")))
214 ((or htmlp latexp docbookp)
215 (with-temp-file data-file (insert body))
216 (shell-command (message (concat "dot -Teps " data-file " " args " -o " out-file ".eps")))
217 (shell-command (message (concat "epstopdf " out-file ".eps")))
218 (format "\n[[file:%s.pdf]]\n" out-file))
220 "\n#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n"
221 body (if (string-match "\n$" body) "" "\n")
222 "#+END_EXAMPLE\n")))))
224 (org-export-blocks-add-block '(dot-and-eps org-export-blocks-format-dot-and-eps nil))
228 Here is an example =dot-and-eps= block
230 : #+begin_dot-and-eps out-w-eps
238 Thanks to Russell Adams for noticing this need, and supplying the