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Subject: Re: babel completion notification
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> However, there is a problem:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+name: notify
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none
> (shell-command "popup.py DONE")
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+name: long-running
> #+BEGIN_SRC shell :results output :post notify
> sleep 5
> echo DONE
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS: long-running
> : nil
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The result seems to be the result of the notify block, not the
> long-running one.

Yes, that's how post blocks are supposed to work, they're normally used
to post-process results.  You should add a variable to the post block
and have it return that variable, e.g.,

#+name: notify
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var data=""
(shell-command "popup.py DONE")
data
#+end_src

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Eric Schulte
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