Re: [babel] using #+call for inline results

[Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>]

+1 for inline calls. No hurry, though.

Yours,
Christian

On 6/23/11 7:32 AM, Eric Schulte wrote:
> Eric S Fraga<e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>  writes:
>
>> Eric Schulte<schulte.eric@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Hi Eric!  ;-)
>>
>>> So the problem is that the results are inserted as a separate block,
>>> when you want them to be inserted inline?  If so perhaps using an
>>> "inline" block http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-of-code-blocks.html
>>> would result in the desired behavior.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if I've misunderstood the question.
>>
>> Yes and no.  I *do* want the effect that is achieved by using an inline
>> block but I do *not* want to write the whole block inline
>
> I find the following pattern
>
>    #+source: big-block
>    #+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports none
>      "something complex"
>    #+end_src
>
>    Here is some text with src_emacs-lisp[:var it=big-block]{it} in the
>    middle.
>
> to be helpful in these situations.
>
>> as that can be difficult to do or, at the very best, hard to read even
>> if possible... I would like to invoke/evaluate, inline, a particular
>> source code block with a specific value of an argument.
>>
>>  From the documentation, I don't see how to "call" a src block inline.
>> That's why I thought of using =#+call=.  Am I missing something?
>>
>
> nope, there is no way to issue an in-line call, although maybe this
> wouldn't be the worst idea if only for the added brevity over an inline
> code block.
>
> I'll put it on my long-term low-priority stack. :)
>
> Cheers -- Eric
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> eric
>