From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [BUG] org-table-eval-formula mishandles semicolons in formulas [9.7-pre (release_9.6.14-1019-g5092ec @ /home/nick/src/emacs/org/org-mode/lisp/)]
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:34:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sf32ceid.fsf@pierrot.dokosmarshall.org> (raw)
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`org-table-eval-formula' interprets *any* semicolon in a formula as the
beginning of a format specifier. So if the formula contains a literal
semicolon that is not a format specifier
#+TBLFM: $3='(concat "COMMENT ON public.layout_forms." $1 " IS " (rc-sq $2) ";")
The problem is that `org-table-eval-formula' decides that the semicolon
is the beginning of a format specifier very early in the function and
splits off the "specifier" from the rest of the formula, leading to
errors when the truncated formula is evaluated later.
ThHere is a semi-reasonable workaround in that the regexp matches the
*last* semicolon, so we can add a semicolon at the end of the formula,
specifying an empty format, but the formula is not truncated any longer.
If it is decided that the code must not be changed, then maybe the
workaround could be added to the documentation (perhaps as a footnote to
section "Emacs Lisp forms as formulas").
This was reported by user `vfclists' on Emacs SE:
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/80062/is-it-because-this-org-table-formula-contains-double-quotes-it-doesnt-work
Emacs : GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.38, cairo version 1.17.8)
of 2023-12-28
Package: Org mode version 9.7-pre (release_9.6.14-1019-g5092ec @ /home/nick/src/emacs/org/org-mode/lisp/)
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Nick
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2024-01-12 23:34 Nick Dokos [this message]
2024-01-13 12:53 ` [BUG] org-table-eval-formula mishandles semicolons in formulas [9.7-pre (release_9.6.14-1019-g5092ec @ /home/nick/src/emacs/org/org-mode/lisp/)] Ihor Radchenko
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