# Extracting code excerpts automatically

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extracting-code-excerpts-automatically/16313>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** literate-programming, weave\
**Created:** [October 14, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extracting-code-excerpts-automatically/16313 "2018-10-14T16:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extracting-code-excerpts-automatically/16313/2 "2018-10-14T16:58:15Z")

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> **[GitHub - fredrikekre/Literate.jl: Simple package for literate programming in...](https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl)**
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> Simple package for literate programming in Julia. Contribute to fredrikekre/Literate.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

> [@ANN: Literate.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-literate-jl/10651):
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> Hello there, I am happy to present [Literate.jl](https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl), a lightweight package for [literate programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming). The main purpose is to facilitate writing Julia examples/tutorials that can be included in your package documentation. I believe that one of the best way to showcase a package is to present well documented examples. However, people are different, and we all prefer different ways of trying out a new package. Some people want to RTFM, others want to explore the package interactively in a notebook, and…

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