Literate programming and my Emacs configuration file –

Literate programming and my Emacs configuration file

Posted on June 8th, 2012 by Sacha Chua
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Update 2013-08-30: Changed Emacs Starter Kit link. Thanks, Thomas!

Inspired by the Emacs Starter Kit and the literate programming features in org-babel, I reviewed and organized my Emacs configuration. I’m looking forward to adding more notes to my configuration as I explore!

Literate programming is the idea that you should write first and program second, and that you can interweave the program into your explanation. Nifty.

Here’s my Emacs configuration (you can also find it at sach.ac/dotemacs. Share yours! =)

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