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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