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by goosedragons 1318 days ago
Is it? I liked Rmarkdown until I discovered org-mode and org-babel. It does a lot of stuff better like the option to tangle chunks into multiple files which is killer (last time I looked Rmarkdown still lacked that, not sure about Quarto) and the ability to do stuff like make a table in my text and then USE it in R for calculations is amazing for making examples or grabbing some random HTML table off a site and doing something.
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Agree. Org-babel makes the alternatives look like toys.
"Org-Mode" requires the use of Emacs, though, correct? Can you offer a tool that doesn't involve having to join that cult, I'm asking for a friend who's already a loooooong time member of a completely different cult. One with less RSI, and RMS ;)
RMS plays a negligible role in the Emacs ecosystem today. My solution to RSI was vi keybindings as implemented by evil mode.