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Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2.4.2013, at 23:54, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Aha -- you have to use the :var syntax on the begin_src line, not the
>>> params-in-parens syntax on the name line.  Your version works:
>>> 
>>> #+name: example-block
>>> #+begin_src sh :var input=""
>>>  echo "input is $input"
>>> #+end_src
>>> 
>>> but this doesn't:
>>> 
>>> #+name: example-block(input="")
>>> #+begin_src sh
>>>  echo "input is $input"
>>> #+end_src
>>> 
>>> The doc seems to say it should work the same, in
>>> http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html (see "Alternate Argument Syntax").
>>> 
>> 
>> At this point I'm not sure if the documentation or the code should be
>> amended.  I've personally never liked the args-in-block-name syntax, but
>> I don't recall if we formally decided to abandon it, or if it has simply
>> been broken in a recent commit.
>
> I am not sure if I have any say here, but I agree that the args in
> name notation looks not as good and might be considered for
> abolishment.
>

Great, I agree wholeheartedly and I'll update the documentation
accordingly (and take a look at lob-ingest to ensure it no longer uses
this var-in-name style).

Cheers,

>
> - Carsten

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Eric Schulte
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