From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fabrice Niessen Subject: Re: ":results none" doesn't seem to be documented Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:25:24 +0100 Message-ID: <86d26gi62z.fsf@example.com> References: <54B6E40F.7050902@arfer.net> <86lhl53t0h.fsf@example.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Andreas Leha wrote: > Fabrice Niessen writes: >> Andreas Leha wrote: >>> Kodi Arfer writes: >>>> "none" is allowed as an argument to :results (see, for example, >>>> ob-core.el line 704 as of Git d36bd8d), but this isn't mentioned in >>>> results.html. I just learned of its existence while reading >>>> ob-core.el. >>>> >>>> To me, by the way, ":results none" seems like a useful feature rather >>>> than being redundant with ":results silent", because it won't attempt >>>> to print a massive object to the echo area. (Pehaps "silent" wasn't a >>>> great choice of name.) >>> >>> Especially given that ":results none" prints "results silenced" in the >>> echo area. Should rather be "results nonced" ;-) >> >> They're not the same... > > I know. I just wanted to stress the unfortunate naming. Unfortunate, > because if you want the source block to produce "results silenced" you > must not specify ":results silent", but rather ":results none" which is > counter intuitive. I agree. I think we cannot afford to change the option values, but you could imagine changing the string in the echo area to something like "no results displayed" or some such. >> Extract from my modest (and still "work in progress") Org-Babel >> refcard [1]: >> >> - :results silent :: >> Sends the commands, echoes the results in the minibuffer (to see >> code block output), but *does not change the Org mode buffer* (even >> during export, *no results are inserted* into the exported >> document). >> (default for Org and Screen code blocks) >> >> - :results none :: >> Silents the results, even for the minibuffer. By definition, such >> a code block is run for its side effects. >> >> [1] https://github.com/fniessen/refcard-org-babel > > That looks nice! Thanks. Fabrice -- Fabrice Niessen Leuven, Belgium http://www.pirilampo.org/