Re: [babel] Should babel be more error intolerant?

[Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

>>
>> As a side note of this, I wonder if babel could use the same/similar
>>way like the TODO field in org-mode to switch between all possible
>>parameters for a certain code block?  I learned, different code blocks
>>can have quite different possible parameters. A bit difficult to
>>remember esp., if you don't use them on a daily basis.  If one could
>>place the pointer to e.g., the :results keyword and hit C-c C-t to
>>switch between all possibilities for the :exports keyword for this
>>particular source code block, it would greatly simply the usage and
>>reduce errors. Parameters which require additional user input like
>>file names could indicate this (like in the manual) by indicating it
>>within brackets e.g., <filename>.
>>
>
> This is a very good idea and shouldn't be too difficult to implement for
> all of those header arguments which are common across all languages.
> I'll place this on my todo list...
>

I've just pushed up a simple implementation of the above.  The new
function `org-babel-insert-header-arg' bound to C-c C-v j will insert a
header argument and its value using completing read in the minibuffer.

I'm sure the current functionality has room for improvement but it seems
to work well in my initial tests.

Let me know what you think.

Best -- Eric

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Eric Schulte
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