Re: org-in-org

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

Greg,

> On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:44 PM, Greg Minshall <minshall@umich.edu> wrote:
> 
> i guess when i used the term "recursive execute function" (i tend to
> confuse "execute" and "export"), i was thinking of something like: when
> i export an org file, and it runs into an org-in-org block to export,
> then your code runs on that block.  the recursive part is that, when
> your code is runninng on the org-in-org block, and runs into an
> "org-in-org-in-org" block (that is also marked to export), it runs on
> *that*.  ad, but not normally infinitum.

I admit to being baffled by this.

If you have nested org src blocks and you recursively enter each org block using `org-edit-special' and execute the src blocks other than org lang, then exit with `org-edit-src-exit', when you complete this the org buffer will have nested src blocks and results with one or more comma escapes prepended to lines that start with `#+` or `*`. 

When you export this, you end up with a document that has the comma escapes reduced by one in those nested blocks. The appearance of these is not altogether pleasing to my eye.

Have you tried creating a document with nested org src blocks and stepping through the recursion to be sure it is something you want and really need?

If you have a particular use case, maybe it can be handled in a one-off manner.

Best,
Chuck