Re: [PATCH] ob-plantuml: Allow setting PlantUML args for jar file

["Dejan Josifović" <www.paranoidtimes@gmail.com>]

On 19-Jan-22 17:54, Max Nikulin wrote:
>> FYI, you can customise any header arg globally. See manual page 16.3
>> Using Header Arguments.
> 
> info "(org) Using Header Arguments" https://orgmode.org/manual/Using-Header-Arguments.html

Thanks for the info. I'm still not fully proficient in org-mode so this 
(and the discussion) is very helpful.

On 18-Jan-22 14:30, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> I am not sure about this specific case. The PlantUML executable is
> literally a wrapper around java call to jar. Below is the contents of
> plantuml file in my system:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> gjl_package=plantuml
> gjl_jar="plantuml.jar"
> source /usr/share/java-config-2/launcher/launcher.bash
> 
> Unless it is any different on your side, the arguments for jar and
> executable should be literally the same.

I see your point here - no need for redundant custom variables.

> I realise that the current situation is kind of awkward. Maybe we should
> encourage ob-* libraries to use special header args instead of
> defcustoms and modify built-in libraries in this spirit. Would you be
> interested to write a feature request?

This is very interesting, I will keep an eye on this discussion to 
follow up on everything. :-)

Thanks.

Regards,

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Dejan Josifović | Дејан Јосифовић
Software engineer | Софтверски инжењер
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