John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

>
> Haven't really been following along, but this works for me (after execution):
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>       (setq org-babel-default-header-args:R
>             '((:session . "org-R")))
> #+end_src
>
>
> These aren't:
>
> -*- org-babel-default-header-args:R: ((:session . "foo")) -*-
>
> #-*- org-babel-default-header-args:R: ((:session . "foo")) -*-
>
> There were a lot of suggestions made above and I've never used the
> -*-setting-*- syntax and am not searching the right things to find out
> more about how this is supposed to work.
>
> ETA: Ah, I had to re-open the file after adding this to the buffer to
> get it to recognize it:
>
> # Local Variables:
> # org-babel-default-header-args:R: ((:session . "foo"))
> # End:
>
> This produces the same issue as you, Andreas:
>
> Wrong type argument: sequencep, R:
>
>
> Not sure. I'm on 8.0-pre (release_8.0-pre-193-gaa7b1e).
>
>
> John
>


Hi all,

so it seems, currently, I (and John...) can not have both, /file local/
and /language local/ variables.

- The emacs-lisp-block
  #+begin_src emacs-lisp
    (setq org-babel-default-header-args:R
          '((:session . "org-R")))
  #+end_src
  works, of course, but sets the R-session globally.

- The file-local variables (both way to set them) choke on the colon in
  the varible name.



I do not know where to search for the reason, these variables work for
Eric but not for me (and John...).

So attached is a simple patch (search-and-replace) that renames all
org-babel-default-header-args:* variables to
org-babel-default-header-args-*
I do not see any problems with this renaming, but as I have only limited
elisp, that might not mean too much.


This fixes the issue for me at the cost of breaking other people's setup
if they use org-babel-default-header-args:* variants.

What do you think?


Regards,
Andreas