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# Transcript
[[!template text="Hello all! Welcome to EmacsConf 2021." start="00:00:00.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm Tom Gillespie." start="00:00:03.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Thank you to the organizers for" start="00:00:05.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="all your hard work," start="00:00:06.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and for inviting me to" start="00:00:07.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="give this short talk on" start="00:00:08.639" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text=""Org as an executable format"." start="00:00:10.021" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="The links to the talk page," start="00:00:12.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the GitHub page for the project," start="00:00:13.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and the package on MELPA" start="00:00:16.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="are listed on the right." start="00:00:18.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="Let's start with one of the motivating" start="00:00:20.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="use cases for executable Org files." start="00:00:21.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Many users keep global configuration" start="00:00:25.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="for Org in an init.el file," start="00:00:29.339" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which works for many workflows." start="00:00:31.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="However, for reproducible research," start="00:00:33.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="this is a challenge" start="00:00:36.239" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="because if an Org file is" start="00:00:37.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="dissociated from the init.el file," start="00:00:39.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="then often it will no longer" start="00:00:41.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="function as expected." start="00:00:43.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="One potential solution to this problem" start="00:00:44.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="is to be able to include all of the" start="00:00:46.719" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="global configuration for Emacs" start="00:00:48.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and the environment in the Org file itself," start="00:00:50.239" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in which case when you" start="00:00:52.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="go to reuse the Org file," start="00:00:53.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="it will work as expected." start="00:00:55.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="What does an executable Org file" start="00:00:58.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="look like in action?" start="00:01:00.480" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Here's a demo of an executable Org file" start="00:01:02.559" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="running in Bash, Dash, Zsh, and PowerShell." start="00:01:05.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="So, we are currently in Bash," start="00:01:09.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and we can run our demo," start="00:01:14.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and it will print some stuff," start="00:01:19.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and wait for input." start="00:01:21.119" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="We can also run it in Dash," start="00:01:22.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which is the default for Debian" start="00:01:24.144" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and derivatives." start="00:01:25.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Same program works as expected." start="00:01:29.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Zsh also. And lastly PowerShell," start="00:01:32.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="if we try to run demo.org itself," start="00:01:38.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we see (that) we get an error" start="00:01:41.439" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="because PowerShell cares" start="00:01:42.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="about file extensions," start="00:01:43.764" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="so, if we symlink to ps1," start="00:01:45.439" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="then it works as expected," start="00:01:49.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and there are ways to alias this," start="00:01:51.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="so that you can run it as a program" start="00:01:53.341" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="without the ps1 extension." start="00:01:55.044" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="So, how does this work?" start="00:01:58.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="There are three components" start="00:02:03.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to an executable Org file" start="00:02:05.759" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that all need to be present" start="00:02:07.352" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in order for this to work." start="00:02:08.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Starting from the top of the file," start="00:02:10.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we have a shebang block." start="00:02:11.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Next we have an Org Babel block" start="00:02:14.239" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="written in Emacs Lisp," start="00:02:16.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which is what we actually saw executing," start="00:02:17.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and then there are some" start="00:02:20.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="eval local variables or Elvs" start="00:02:20.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that are involved in making this" start="00:02:23.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="actually executable." start="00:02:25.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="Let's start with the shebang block." start="00:02:26.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Org syntax does not have support" start="00:02:29.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="for shebang lines." start="00:02:33.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="However, it supports the shebang block." start="00:02:34.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="This is because Org comments, blocks," start="00:02:37.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="keywords, etc. that start with the" start="00:02:39.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="sharp sign have the same syntax as" start="00:02:41.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="comments in POSIX and PowerShell." start="00:02:43.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="This block is in fact valid" start="00:02:46.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Bash, Dash, Zsh, PowerShell," start="00:02:53.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and maybe some other shells as well." start="00:02:55.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="In essence what it does is," start="00:02:57.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="perform some setup" start="00:03:02.480" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to avoid polluting standard output," start="00:03:03.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and then it runs Emacs" start="00:03:06.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to load the file itself." start="00:03:07.516" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="The Elisp that is passed on the command line" start="00:03:08.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="is explicated over here on the right," start="00:03:12.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and in essence what it does is," start="00:03:14.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to keep the startup time minimal" start="00:03:17.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and as low as possible," start="00:03:20.480" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="it loads the absolute bare minimum" start="00:03:21.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="needed for Babel," start="00:03:24.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and then it calls hack-local-variables" start="00:03:25.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="triggering the eval-local-variables." start="00:03:27.519" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="What do the eval-local-variables do," start="00:03:31.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and how those work?" start="00:03:33.614" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="The essence of the approach is to" start="00:03:34.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="use org-confirm-babel-evaluate" start="00:03:36.319" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to allow Babel execution." start="00:03:38.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="We can't set it to nil because that is" start="00:03:40.480" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="an arbitrary code execution vector," start="00:03:43.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which we don't want if we're sharing files." start="00:03:45.308" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="Instead what we do is," start="00:03:48.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we use the fact that it can be a function," start="00:03:49.555" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and we normalize the block of code," start="00:03:52.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we checksum it, and then we check" start="00:03:55.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that it matches this checksum up here" start="00:03:57.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="at the top of the file," start="00:03:59.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and then sort of inside there," start="00:04:00.400" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="inside of org-sbe," start="00:04:02.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which is Org source block evaluate," start="00:04:04.159" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we call the block." start="00:04:06.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="The actual implementation of this" start="00:04:08.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="is somewhat more complicated." start="00:04:11.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="However, it's small enough to fit in" start="00:04:12.497" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the local variables at the end of the file." start="00:04:14.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="One thing to note is that" start="00:04:17.519" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="if you are using PowerShell," start="00:04:19.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="PowerShell parses the whole file" start="00:04:20.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which means that" start="00:04:23.919" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="for any normal Org content," start="00:04:25.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you need to put it in" start="00:04:27.759" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="a multi-line PowerShell comment," start="00:04:28.639" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and close it." start="00:04:30.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="So, once we hit" start="00:04:31.199" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="hack-local-variables at the end," start="00:04:32.371" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we run the eval-local-variables block," start="00:04:34.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="then we enter this Elisp block," start="00:04:37.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and you can write whatever you want." start="00:04:40.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="All the power of Org Babel is" start="00:04:42.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="now at your fingertips" start="00:04:44.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in order to do what you need" start="00:04:45.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="for this file." start="00:04:47.199" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="Finally, let's do a quick demo" start="00:04:48.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="of how to use this to make" start="00:04:50.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="your own Org files executable." start="00:04:52.453" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Orgstrap is available on MELPA as mentioned," start="00:04:54.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and it can be installed using package.el" start="00:05:01.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="by calling package-install orgstrap." start="00:05:06.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It will download, and it will install." start="00:05:11.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Then you can open an existing file" start="00:05:13.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="or a new file. In this case," start="00:05:18.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="let me open a file called example.org." start="00:05:21.919" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="And then orgstrap provides" start="00:05:25.199" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="command called orgstrap-init." start="00:05:26.996" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="What orgstrap-init does is," start="00:05:29.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="it populates a file with the machinery" start="00:05:30.953" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="needed to run an orgstrap block." start="00:05:33.759" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="We're just going to do a message" start="00:05:36.639" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text=""hello orgstrap!"." start="00:05:38.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="If you look up at the top," start="00:05:43.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you will see that the" start="00:05:46.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="orgstrap-block-checksum will change" start="00:05:47.386" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="when I save the file." start="00:05:50.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="This makes it much easier to author files" start="00:05:51.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="with orgstrap blocks." start="00:05:53.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="And then we need one last piece" start="00:05:55.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="of machinery," start="00:05:56.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which is the shebang block." start="00:05:57.876" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I am just going to steal" start="00:06:00.400" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the shebang block from" start="00:06:01.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="this other file over here" start="00:06:02.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="since it is available." start="00:06:06.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="You can also get it from shebang.org," start="00:06:07.039" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I have plans to add a command" start="00:06:08.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to insert this into the file directly," start="00:06:10.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which may actually be done by the time" start="00:06:12.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="this video is actually posted and visible." start="00:06:15.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="There's one last step," start="00:06:19.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which is that we need to run dired" start="00:06:21.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in order to… There we go." start="00:06:24.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="So, we use Shift m, capital m," start="00:06:27.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in order to make our" start="00:06:31.039" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="example file executable," start="00:06:32.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and then if we come back to here," start="00:06:35.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we see that example.org is now executable," start="00:06:42.140" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and we can run it." start="00:06:47.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text=""hello orgstrap!", and we're done." start="00:06:48.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="So, that's the basic workflow" start="00:06:50.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="for getting orgstrap files" start="00:06:52.639" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to be executable." start="00:06:54.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I will be around to answer questions live," start="00:06:56.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I will be also available in" start="00:06:58.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the #emacsconf IRC channel all day." start="00:07:00.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I hope you have found this useful," start="00:07:03.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and thank you very much for watching." start="00:07:04.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="captions by bhavin192 (Bhavin Gandhi)" start="00:07:08.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
