Re: org-sbe and code blocks in a different files

["Berry, Charles" via "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>]

> On Jul 9, 2020, at 12:09 AM, Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Douglas,
> 
> Douglas Perrin <doug2024@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi Michael,
>> Maybe I am not understanding what you want to do but I use
>> org-babel-lob-ingest/org-sbe to execute blocks from other files on
>> start-up like this:
>> # Local Variables:
>> # eval: (org-babel-lob-ingest "Template-Loader.org")
>> # eval: (org-sbe "Init-Template") ;; the name of a block
>> in Template-Loader.org file
>> # End:
>> 
>> I assume this means that org-sbe can see the block names from the other
>> file. But I haven't tested the behavior with #call just executing elisp.
>> Doug
> thanks for bringing that up again. Your example works, of course. After
> further inspection I think that variables kill my example:
> 
> This code block comes from a file I processed with org-babel-lob-ingest.
> o-b-l-i returns the correct number of code blocks in that file and org-bab
> 
> #+name: boing
> #+begin_src elisp :var range=42
> (message "Hello, crude world: %s" range)
> #+end_src
> 
> This comes from the file where I want to use the code block:
> 
> |------------------------------------+--------|
> | <2020-02-19 Wed>--<2020-02-21 Fri> | #ERROR |
> #+TBLFM: $2='(org-sbe "boing" (range 23))
> 
> That fails. After removing the variable from the code block and from
> org-sbe it works as expected. It works as well if I copy the code block
> including the variable into the file with the table. Might be a bug or
> my own stupidity?
> 


Not stupidity. AFAICS there is no call in org-sbe to org-babel-lob-get-info, so the params are not updated.  I supposed this counts as a bug.

As a workaround

#+TBLFM: $2='(org-babel-ref-resolve "boing(range=23)")

should do.

HTH,

Chuck