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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>,
	Tim O'Callaghan <tim.ocallaghan@gmail.com>,
	org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Feature Request? #+CONFIG keyword - to abstract more configuration into org files,
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:11:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AE167B54-6B04-441F-91E4-694440A0276B@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m28wf3jdv5.fsf@fastmail.fm>


On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:52 PM, Matthew Lundin wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Matt Lundin wrote:
>>
>>> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>>>
>>>> "Tim O'Callaghan" <tim.ocallaghan@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>> Can you use the #+BIND: keyword to set arbitrary variables and
>>>> achieve
>>>> the same result?
>>>
>>> If I understand it correctly, #+BIND only works for export related
>>> variables.
>>
>>
>> Nope, it works for any variables.  It is special that is *also* works
>> for export variables, which is complicated because the *output  
>> buffer*
>> is current when export happens, so local variables would be out of
>> scope.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>
> Thanks for the explanation. I aplogize if I'm missing something, but I
> can't seem to get the bind line to work. I've placed the following  
> line
> at the top of an org file:
>
> ,----
> | #+BIND: org-footnote-section "References"
> `----
>
> ...and yet after killing, reloading, and refreshing the buffer, the
> footnotes still appear in the section in which they are entered, in
> keeping with my global org-footnote-section setting (nil).
>
> Out of curiosity, I've also tried the following line to no avail:
>
> ,----
> | #+BIND: org-footnote-section t
> `----
>
> I've tried setting org-export-allow-BIND and org-export-allow-BIND- 
> local
> to t, but the same results occur.
>
> On the other hand, when I use local variables, as below, the footnotes
> appear under the headline "References".
>
>>> ,----
>>> | * COMMENT Local Variables
>>> | # Local Variables:
>>> | # org-footnote-section: "References"
>>> | # End:
>>> `----
>
> Do I have the correct syntax for #+bind? Is there another variable  
> that
> activates "bind" syntax? Or does it perhaps work only for certain
> variables?

You are right, I was mistaken!  In fact, BIND works for any variables,  
but only during export :-)

- Carsten

      reply	other threads:[~2009-10-22 22:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-22 19:55 Feature Request? #+CONFIG keyword - to abstract more configuration into org files, Tim O'Callaghan
2009-10-22 20:10 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-10-22 20:23   ` Matt Lundin
2009-10-22 20:28     ` Carsten Dominik
2009-10-22 21:35       ` Tim O'Callaghan
2009-10-22 21:52       ` Matthew Lundin
2009-10-22 22:11         ` Carsten Dominik [this message]

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