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From: Neil Jerram <neiljerram@gmail.com>
To: ian martins <ianxm@jhu.edu>
Cc: Org-Mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: consistent behavior across babel languages
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:42:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKuG=vtFeeODc1qcbVXfgMnr6nRMRpuuFfXjveXcAP1yTaS7=A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC=rjb5xe7z7Ed=rKbWL4rEZj3oqdquvTVZZhmRgfe5maVJezA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 05:20, ian martins <ianxm@jhu.edu> wrote:

> Something I've found challenging is the inconsistency between babel
> languages. It makes it difficult for a babel user to get a source
> block to do what they want, or for a babel developer to even know what
> correct behavior is.
>
> I'm not sure if anything can be done since changes will likely break
> existing behavior, but it's good to at least know what the rule is and
> where the exceptions to the rule are. To that end I started a page on
> worg [1] to document current behavior for actions taken across babel
> languages.
>
> [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/lang-compat.html


FWIW, I did not understand the "functional" and "scripting" terms that you
use on this page.

I've understood now, from
https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html, that you mean
"results: value" and "results: output".  For me it would be better if you
said that instead of "functional" and "scripting", as the former is what I
can actually type in my Org files.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-26 14:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-25  5:18 consistent behavior across babel languages ian martins
2020-11-25  7:05 ` Tim Cross
2020-11-25 19:36   ` Tom Gillespie
2020-11-26  3:45     ` ian martins
2020-11-26 10:20 ` Neil Jerram
2020-11-26 14:42 ` Neil Jerram [this message]
2020-11-27 13:47   ` ian martins

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