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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: "Rudolf Adamkovič" <rudolf@adamkovic.org>
Cc: Aitenate <aitenate@outlook.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Generating the filename from name and file-ext for blocks with side-effects
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:29:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a5ciyeq5.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2jzbmluiw.fsf@adamkovic.org>

Rudolf Adamkovič <rudolf@adamkovic.org> writes:

>> The aim is to not need to define a filename for each image, to minimise 
>> the boilerplate.
>
> +1 This should be built into Org and enabled by default.
>
> I currently generate image names with a custom snippet, but it gets
> trying and should not be necessary in the first place.

Do you want to create a patch providing this functionality?

> Instead, Org should generate a unique file name automatically, similar
> to how tangle ':comments' work, and use that as the default value for
> the ':file` argument, getting rid of the dreaded error message
>
>   org-babel-execute:LANG: You need to specify a :file parameter

Do you want to extend `org-babel-generate-file-param' to return
something even when src block is not named and :file-ext is not given?
But how will you know the desired extension?

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode maintainer,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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  reply	other threads:[~2024-12-26  9:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-23 21:58 Generating the filename from name and file-ext for blocks with side-effects Aitenate
2024-12-25 15:30 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-12-25 19:03   ` Aitenate
2024-12-26  8:26     ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2024-12-26  9:29       ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-12-26  9:08     ` Ihor Radchenko

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