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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Can I wrap a Babel call inside a macro?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:14:40 +0100
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"Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>
writes:

>> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>>>> The current date and time is:
>>>> {{{ct}}}.
>>
>> BTW, the period seems dubious here.
>
> What do you mean?  That, because the macro will ultimately make a Babel
> call, it can't be inserted inline in some text, right?

Correct. After macro expansion, this will become:

  #+CALL: current-time().

which isn't valid Babel syntax, AFAIK.


Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou