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I'm pretty sure that orgmode + Babel would get him a lot closer to what he wants: you could have chunks of code that edit using the natural editor mode and can

I'm pretty sure that orgmode + Babel would get him a lot closer to what he wants: you could have chunks of code that edit using the natural editor mode and can join them together in an external file (tangle) in any way you want. You can even post-process right from the editor when tangling. Orgmode Babel: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/ https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/

jeromenerf 8y ago
In my experience, Org mode and babel shine at - "literate programming" where the output is actually commented code and the eventual documentation - "reproducible science" articles, where small independent snippets are executed, even piped into each other, to produce "results" in the form of tables, charts, ... The author seems to need to highlight differences, which may not fit without hacking its own features, which he appeared to be reluctant to.