From: Alex Fenton <alex@pressure.to>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Babel - :export-dir and :file-ext arguments cause all blocks to emit files
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 07:32:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9756a22c-8c00-0239-fbf1-be11717020e9@pressure.to> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wovsprzd.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
On 25/05/18 01:13, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Alex Fenton <alex@pressure.to> writes:
>
>> As far I understand it, |:output-dir| and |:file-ext| that were
>> intended to be used in the global document header, applying to all
>> blocks.
>>
>> However, it seems to mean that all blocks regardless of their :results
>> args then emit a file, and put their output as a [file:] link. It's
>> not clear from the docs why this happens.
>>
>> Am I missing something, or does this mean that these arguments are
>> useless unless a document happens only to emit graphics from blocks?
>> At the moment, the blocks (R, as it happens) are meant to sometimes
>> emit scalars, sometimes literal latex, sometimes tables to be
>> formatted by orgs, and sometimes graphics. But all the non-graphics
>> are at the moment being stuffed into (non-working) PDF files.
>>
>> Following a discussion and suggested, but not-working solution at:
>> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/41618/org-modes-output-dir-and-file-ext-arguments-cause-all-output-to-be-saved-to
> I agree something is cheesy here.
>
> According to `org-babel-execute-src-block', if :file is set (it can also
> be forged from :file-ext and :output-dir according to
> `org-babel-generate-file-param'), results become the filename.
>
> Also, according to `org-babel-merge-params' both :file and :file-ext
> trump :results value, i.e., they automatically imply "file" in :results.
> and "results" in :exports.
>
> At this point, I'm not sure about :export, but I think it should be the
> other way for :results. IOW, :file and :file-ext should be taken into
> consideration only when :results contains "file".
>
> WDYT?
>
> Regards,
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-25 5:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-24 21:50 Babel - :export-dir and :file-ext arguments cause all blocks to emit files Alex Fenton
2018-05-24 23:13 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-05-25 5:32 ` Alex Fenton [this message]
2018-05-25 13:47 ` Aaron Ecay
2018-05-25 19:52 ` Alex Fenton
2018-05-27 16:40 ` Aaron Ecay
2018-05-27 19:54 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2018-05-27 20:39 ` Aaron Ecay
2018-05-27 20:50 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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