tangles to

    (let ((x (quote "hi")))
    (message x))


This is what I want. Problem solved.

On 12/28/2017 09:20 AM, Grant Rettke wrote:
> They work differently. Try this example:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var x="hi"
> (message x)
> #+END_SRC
>
> tangles to
>
> (let ((x (quote "hi")))
> (message x))
>
> but this
>
> #+NAME: x
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> "hi"
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (message «x»)
> #+END_SRC
>
> tangles to this
>
> (message "hi"
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Grant Rettke
>
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 6:45 AM, numbchild@gmail.com 
> <mailto:numbchild@gmail.com> <numbchild@gmail.com 
> <mailto:numbchild@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     I see. I will use noweb style for now.
>     But should tangle expand :var variables when tangling? I think
>     this is the correct behaviour.
>
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>     On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Grant Rettke
>     <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com <mailto:gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>> wrote:
>
>         > Here is a quick test:
>         >
>         > * Test tangle will auto expand and substitute :var
>         >
>         > #+begin_src js :tangle kk.js
>         > console.log("hello, world!");
>         > #+end_src
>         >
>         > #+begin_src js :var name="chris" :tangle require-kk.js
>         > // require("kk.js");
>         > console.log("Hi, ", name);
>         > #+end_src
>         >
>         > #+RESULTS:
>         > : Hi,  chris
>         >
>         > #+NAME: check whether tangle expand and substitute :var
>         > #+begin_src shell
>         > cat require-kk.js
>         > #+end_src
>         >
>         > #+RESULTS: check whether tangle expand and substitute :var
>         > : var name="chris";
>         > : console.log("Hi, ", name);
>         >
>         > The upper result should be: ~console.log("Hi, ", "chris");~.
>
>         Here are your two source blocks. They each do literate
>         programming,
>         one with Variable style and the other with Noweb style. When you
>         evaluate them you get an identical result. When you tangle
>         them you
>         get two different pieces of code, that generate the same
>         result. You
>         can peek at what the tangled code will look like by calling
>         org-babel-expand-src-block inside the source block. That is how it
>         will look in the tangled file. I think that want Noweb style.
>
>         When I use the Variable approach like this
>
>         #+begin_src js :var name="chris" :tangle kk.js
>         console.log("Hi, ", name);
>         #+end_src
>
>         I get this in the tangled output file
>
>         var name="chris";
>         console.log("Hi, ", name);
>
>         When I use the the Noweb approach like this
>
>         #+NAME: name
>         #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>         chris
>         #+END_SRC
>
>         #+NAME:
>         org_gcr_2017-12-23_mara_3D887FDD-163D-4BE1-80E8-464BF29DABEA
>         #+BEGIN_SRC js :tangle noweb-kk.js :comments no
>         console.log("Hi, ", "«name»");
>         #+END_SRC
>
>         I get this in the tangled  output file
>
>         console.log("Hi, ", "chris");
>
>         WDYT?
>
>
>