> I'll write up this change as it may end up being longer than 10 lines,
> and if I write it we don't have to wait for your FSF assignment to clear
> (which can sometimes take months) before applying the patch.

That sounds good, thanks.

> In fact... if this attached patch looks good to you (i.e., allows the
> behavior you originally intended) then please let me know and I'll apply
> it immediately.

Ideally, I'd like to combine the customizable processing with the
simple fix code (which eliminates the two related bugs and the
extra *s).  Something like the following in place of the corresponding
section in the patch you sent.  The extra (match-end 0) and (point-min)'s
prevent those problems. Otherwise, it all looks great.

+       (funcall
+        org-babel-process-comment-text
+        (buffer-substring
+         (max (condition-case nil
+                  (save-excursion
 +                    (org-back-to-heading t)    ; sets match data
+                    (match-end 0))
+                (error (point-min)))
+              (save-excursion
+                (if (re-search-backward
+                     org-babel-src-block-regexp nil t)
+                    (match-end 0)
+                  (point-min))))
+         (point)))))

I'm happy to take a look at the patch again anytime.

> Hmm, but #+tangle is not an official Org-mode directive in the same way
> that #+source:, #+headers:, and #+call: are.  Unless I'm forgetting
> something #+tangle: lines would have no functional effect, in which case
> why not just use a normal org-mode comment (e.g., a line starting with
> "# ").

You're right, I agree. I'm just being particular about indentation.
I don't like to have a line starting with # when everything else is
indented.
And I don't like having to put a space after the #+ to prevent export, so I
just wanted #+tangle (or #+noop or #+comment or whatever) to count
as a non-exported comment too, just like #+ tangle would.  But I can see
that it's not worth the effort or the confusion with a functional directive
that
it would cause. I'll just suck it up and use the extra space.

Thanks again, Eric.

   Best,

     Christopher


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 18:02, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:

> - Show quoted text -
>  Christopher Genovese <genovese.cr@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> >    Thanks for your note.
> >
> >> I would encourage you to begin the FSF assignment process if
> >> you anticipate potentially contributing more fixes in the
> >> future. Could you please send a git format-patch version of
> >> the simple fix to the list so that I might apply it?
> >
> >    I will begin the FSF assignment process, and I will send a git-format
> > patch based on the simple fix. (I'll send that tonight.)
> >
>
> Fantastic.
>
> >
> >> I like the idea of introducing a customizable function for
> >> comment text transformation, however ... rather perhaps we
> >> should just leave the default value of this function as
> >> simple as possible and allow users to customize it ....
> >
> >    That makes sense, and I like the way you did it. In particular,
> > I absolutely agree that the org-babel-trim should be removed
> > from org-babel-spec-to-string (to allow flexibility in the
> customization).
> > Making it the default processor works well, I think.
> >
> >    Would you like me to submit a separate patch based on this change
> > or should I include that as part of the patch with the simple fix?
> >
>
> I'll write up this change as it may end up being longer than 10 lines,
> and if I write it we don't have to wait for your FSF assignment to clear
> (which can sometimes take months) before applying the patch.
>
> In fact... if this attached patch looks good to you (i.e., allows the
> behavior you originally intended) then please let me know and I'll apply
> it immediately.
>
>
>
> >
> >> Finally I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean by ...
> >
> > Sorry, I wasn't clear. It's a small thing. If you put
> > '#+tangle' in column 0, the line is not exported because it
> > begins with #; if you put #+ tangle on a line (spaces
> > after + and possibly before #), the line is not exported
> > because it begins with #+; but if you put #+tangle (no
> > spaces after the + but spaces before the #), the line is
> > exported. I think it would be useful if something like
> >  #+tangle's (with no spaces between the # and +) were
> > *not* exported because such lines can support
> > useful customizations. Having to put the spaces after the +
> > is a bit bothersome and looks uglier to me.
> >
>
> Hmm, but #+tangle is not an official Org-mode directive in the same way
> that #+source:, #+headers:, and #+call: are.  Unless I'm forgetting
> something #+tange: lines would have no functional effect, in which case
> why not just use a normal org-mode comment (e.g., a line starting with
> "# ").
>
>
> >
> >> ..., it was a long email.
> >
> > Yeah, sorry. :) Thanks for slogging through.
> >
>
> no problem at all, didn't mean this as a complaint :)
>
> Cheers -- Eric
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Schulte
> http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
>
>