Re: Can we add PLOT to org-element-multiple-keywords?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Jeff Trull <edaskel@att.net> writes:

> I notice that multiple #+PLOT lines before a table will be coalesced and
> handled as one. However, this is
> accomplished through specific code in org-plot.el that does a reverse
> search through the buffer for
> additional lines. org-element has a built-in mechanism for this,
> org-element-multiple-keywords. It seems
> like it would be useful to add PLOT to it. Can that be done? If not, is
> there a way to temporarily add it for
> an exporter (i.e. after the export is launched but before the buffer is
> parsed)?

Yes, it can be done.

However, in addition to changing the parser, we should also make use of
the change in org-plot itself.

I tried to do this, and noticed that `org-plot/gnuplot' promises to
parse #+TABLE options _after_ the table as well. Affiliated keywords are
of no help then.

Further, I reviewed the two calls to `org-plot/collect-options' in
org-table.el and noticed that the second call is no longer doing the
right thing of scanning #+PLOT lines after the table - since commit
ac3148ef8 (by Timothy):

    org-plot: Don't move point when plotting
    
    * lisp/org-plot.el (org-plot/gnuplot): Expanding the `save-excursion'
    block to include `org-plot/goto-nearest-table` prevents the current
    point from being moved, and doesn't affect the rest of the function.
    
Timothy, may you please take a look?

We may drop support for the #+PLOT lines after the table - they are not
really documented in our manual. Though it will technically be a
breaking change, so I am not 100% sure.

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