From: Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com>
To: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About commit named "Allow multi-line properties to be specified in property blocks"
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:24:14 +0100 [thread overview]
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>wrote:
> Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Is that patch on git yet? i.e. if can I switch back to HEAD and change my
> > files accordingly?
> >
>
> Hi Rainer,
>
> I've must merged all of the pending code block changes into the master
> branch of the Org-mode git repository. So now would be a good time to
> re-sync with the master branch.
>
Great news. I'll try and adapt my files then tomorrow and let you know if
there are any problems.
Thanks,
Rainer
>
> Best -- Eric
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rainer
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Sebastien Vauban <
> > wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Eric,
> >>
> >> Eric Schulte wrote:
> >> > Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:
> >> >
> >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Eric Schulte <
> schulte.eric@gmail.com
> >> >wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> > Perhaps inserting an assumed space separator would be more
> intuitive?
> >> >>> > If we were to go that way it may be possible to allow variable
> >> >>> > specifications such as
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > #+PROPERTY: var foo=1 bar=2
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > in which case properties could be easily specified on multiple
> lines
> >> >>> > using a default space separator.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > If this seems like a good way to go I can try to update my
> previous
> >> >>> > patch.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've updated the patch, the newest version is attached. It results
> in
> >> >>> the following behavior.
> >> >>
> >> >> Looks good to me - that leaves just the question, what would hppen
> when
> >> >> doing the following:
> >> >>
> >> >> #+property: var foo=1
> >> >> #+property: var+ 2
> >> >
> >> > The above is equivalent to,
> >> >
> >> > #+header: :var foo=1 2
> >> >
> >> > which due to interaction with some logic put in place to allow the
> >> > specification of un-named variables in call lines results in the
> >> > following.
> >> >
> >> > #+property: var foo=1
> >> > #+property: var+ 2
> >> > #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> >> > foo
> >> > #+end_src
> >> >
> >> > #+results:
> >> > : 2
> >> >
> >> > #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var bar=1 2
> >> > bar
> >> > #+end_src
> >> >
> >> > #+results:
> >> > : 2
> >> >
> >> > Although generally I would say that both
> >> >
> >> > #+header: :var foo=1 2
> >> >
> >> > and
> >> >
> >> > #+property: var foo=1
> >> > #+property: var+ 2
> >> >
> >> > are mal-formed variable assignments.
> >>
> >> I was amazed, yesterday, when you told about `foo' becoming `12' (with
> `1'
> >> on
> >> the assignment line and `2' on the continuation), but I'm glad you
> consider
> >> this as rather ill-formed.
> >>
> >> >> and
> >> >>
> >> >> #+property: var foo="Hello "
> >> >> #+property: var+ "world"
> >> >
> >> > This is exactly analogous to
> >> >
> >> > #+header: :var foo="hello" "world"
> >> >
> >> > which raises the expected error
> >> > ``variable ""world"" must be assigned a default value''
> >> >
> >> > the following alternative however works as expected
> >> >
> >> > #+property: var foo="Hello
> >> > #+property: var+ world"
> >> > #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> >> > foo
> >> > #+end_src
> >> >
> >> > #+results:
> >> > : Hello world
> >>
> >> That said, all of these seem excellent trade-off between the different
> >> alternatives that have been discussed and analyzed, and they respect
> >> important
> >> aspects: simplicity (intuitive on reading) and powerfulness.
> >>
> >> Just perfect!
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Seb
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sebastien Vauban
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> --
> Eric Schulte
> http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
>
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Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-31 19:06 About commit named "Allow multi-line properties to be specified in property blocks" Nicolas Goaziou
2011-10-31 20:05 ` Eric Schulte
2011-10-31 20:49 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-10-31 21:30 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-01 8:24 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-01 8:36 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-01 14:36 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-01 15:39 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-01 16:58 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-01 17:48 ` Christian Moe
2011-11-01 19:02 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-01 19:45 ` Christian Moe
2011-11-01 20:22 ` Eric Schulte
2011-10-31 21:33 ` Christian Moe
2011-10-31 21:22 ` Christian Moe
2011-10-31 21:36 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-01 7:33 ` Christian Moe
2011-11-02 15:35 ` Bastien
2011-11-02 17:39 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-03 1:26 ` Bastien
2011-11-03 8:08 ` Christian Moe
2011-11-03 15:10 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-03 18:32 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-03 20:01 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-03 20:18 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-03 20:23 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-04 8:02 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-04 17:48 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2011-11-04 19:25 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-07 22:09 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-08 8:42 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-08 9:31 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-08 9:41 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-08 9:58 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-08 10:06 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-08 14:42 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2011-11-08 15:06 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-08 16:03 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-08 22:53 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-09 8:25 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-09 16:12 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-09 17:18 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-09 22:31 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-15 12:33 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-15 16:00 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-15 16:37 ` Torsten Wagner
2011-11-15 16:56 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-15 17:13 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-11-15 18:22 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-15 17:24 ` Rainer M Krug [this message]
2011-11-08 9:41 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-08 9:44 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-11-08 16:01 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-02 21:05 ` Samuel Wales
2011-11-02 21:21 ` Samuel Wales
2011-11-03 1:42 ` Bastien
2011-11-03 8:19 ` Christian Moe
2011-11-03 18:34 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-03 18:59 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-09 17:40 ` Samuel Wales
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