I'll try that, Thomas, but this was set up by simply doing the on-board customize, i.e., it needs to have this corrected. So how do I request this correction? On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Lawrence, > > You probably want (org-babel-lob-ingest &optional FILE) > > All the best, > Tom > > > Lawrence Bottorff writes: > > Thanks for the help. However, one mystery still remains: Why is this >> >> '(org-babel-lob-files (quote ("~/org/worg/library-of-babel.org"))) >> >> in my init.el's custom-set-variables not getting handled? I always have to >> do an org-babel-lob-ingest to actually get library-of-babel.org loaded. >> >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 10:38 PM, Berry, Charles wrote: >> >> >>> >>> > On Apr 6, 2018, at 4:59 PM, Thomas S. Dye > wrote: >>> > >>> >>> [Tom's response covering the main issues deleted] >>> >>> > hth, >>> > Tom >>> > >>> > Lawrence Bottorff writes: >>> > >>> >> I guess I need more information. For example, what is C-c >> C-v v >>> doing >>> >> exactly? Then C-x C-e? And M-x (symbol-function >> 'myelsquare) >>> doesn't >>> work. >>> >>> >>> `C-h k' is really your friend here. If you do not know it, try typing it >>> twice `C-h k C-h k'. >>> >>> As for the specific keystrokes mentioned above: >>> >>> ,----[ C-h k C-c C-v v ] >>> | C-c C-v v runs the command org-babel-expand-src-block (found in >>> | org-mode-map), which is an interactive autoloaded compiled Lisp >>> | function in ‘ob-core.el’. >>> | >>> | It is bound to C-c C-v v, C-c C-v C-v. >>> | >>> | (org-babel-expand-src-block &optional ARG INFO PARAMS) >>> | >>> | Expand the current source code block. >>> | Expand according to the source code block’s header >>> | arguments and pop open the results in a preview buffer. >>> | >>> | [back] >>> `---- >>> >>> In your case, it shows that the `mtelsquare' src block expands to: >>> >>> >>> ,---- >>> | (let ((x (quote 0))) >>> | (defun myelsquare (x) >>> | (* x x)) >>> | ) >>> `---- >>> >>> >>> ,----[ C-h k C-x C-e ] >>> | C-x C-e runs the command eval-last-sexp (found in global-map), which >>> | is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘elisp-mode.el’. >>> | >>> | It is bound to C-x C-e. >>> | >>> | (eval-last-sexp EVAL-LAST-SEXP-ARG-INTERNAL) >>> | >>> | Evaluate sexp before point; print value in the echo area. >>> | Interactively, with prefix argument, print output into current buffer. >>> | >>> | Normally, this function truncates long output according to the value >>> | of the variables ‘eval-expression-print-length’ and >>> | ‘eval-expression-print-level’. With a prefix argument of zero, >>> | however, there is no such truncation. Such a prefix argument >>> | also causes integers to be printed in several additional formats >>> | (octal, hexadecimal, and character). >>> | >>> | If ‘eval-expression-debug-on-error’ is non-nil, which is the default, >>> | this command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger. >>> | >>> | [back] >>> `---- >>> >>> So with point at the end of the preview buffer for myelsquare (which has >>> one `let' expression it it) it has the same effect as running >>> `eval-buffer'. viz, the elisp function `myelsquare' is created. >>> >>> If you have gotten this far, there is an lisp function called >>> `myelsquare' >>> and the `symbol-function' expression will return its value when properly >>> `eval'ed. I misspoke before. I should have said >>> >>> M-: (symbol-function 'myelsquare) RET >>> >>> And that value is `(lambda (x) (* x x))'. Which simply shows you have >>> defun'ed a function and what it is. >>> >>> Once you have an elisp function, the natural way to call it is >>> src_emacs-lisp{(myelsquare 1.5)}. >>> >>> One thing you can do with LOB blocks is use them in header args of src >>> blocks just as you would use calls to ordinary src blocks. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> >>> >>> > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com >