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more fleshing out of the introduction

Eric Schulte 16 years ago
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@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ Org-Babel provides:
 
 
 ** communication between programs
 ** communication between programs
 
 
-*** interaction between languages (disk usage in your home directory)
+Org-Mode supports embedded blocks of source code (in any language)
+inside of Org documents.  Org-Babel allows these blocks of code to be
+executed from within Org-Mode with natural handling of their inputs
+and outputs.
+
+*** simple execution
+with both scalar, file, and table output
+
+
+*** reading information from tables
+
+
+*** reading information from other source blocks (disk usage in your home directory)
 
 
 This will work for Linux and Mac users, not so sure about shell
 This will work for Linux and Mac users, not so sure about shell
 commands for windows users.
 commands for windows users.
@@ -95,6 +107,10 @@ and the results to be collected in the same table.
 
 
 
 
 ** communication between people
 ** communication between people
+Quick overview of Org-Mode's exportation abilities, with links to the
+online Org-Mode documentation, a focus on source-code blocks, and the
+exportation options provided by Org-Babel.
+
 
 
 *** interactive documentation (tutorial)
 *** interactive documentation (tutorial)