[BUG] org-mode #+SETUPFILE not working with properties [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-378-g98588e @ /home/eros/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[BUG] org-mode #+SETUPFILE not working with properties [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-378-g98588e @ /home/eros/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Eros Zaupa]

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Given this file

    :PROPERTIES:
    :header-args:sh: :var A="this is a"
    :END:

    #+begin_src sh
    echo ${A}
    #+end_src

    #+RESULTS:
    : this is a

I would like to move the properties drawer to a separate file and import it
into the main one. To do so I'm using the `#SETUPFILE` property suggested
[here][1], but this doesn't seem to work.

***main.org***

    #+SETUPFILE: test.org

    #+begin_src sh
    echo ${A}
    #+end_src

    #+RESULTS:

***test.org***

    :PROPERTIES:
    :header-args:sh: :var A="this is a"
    :END:


  [1]: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/59059/36590

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Re: [BUG] org-mode #+SETUPFILE not working with properties [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-378-g98588e @ /home/eros/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Ihor Radchenko]

Eros Zaupa <eroszaupa@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to move the properties drawer to a separate file and import it
> into the main one. To do so I'm using the `#SETUPFILE` property suggested
> [here][1], but this doesn't seem to work.

Confirmed.
Though I am not 100% sure.

Org is indeed ignoring top-level property drawer when parsing
#+SETUPFILE.

Dear All,
I think that parsing top-level property drawer is simply an omission
from the time we introduced top-level property drawers into syntax.

We may either implement this support or leave things as is and document
the current behaviour.

I would be in favour of implementing top-level drawer support in
SETUPFILE, but there might be alternative opinions. WDYT?

Dear Eros Zaupa,

> ***main.org***
>
>     #+SETUPFILE: test.org
>
>     #+begin_src sh
>     echo ${A}
>     #+end_src
>
>     #+RESULTS:
>
> ***test.org***
>
>     :PROPERTIES:
>     :header-args:sh: :var A="this is a"
>     :END:

To work around your issue, you can use keyword property syntax:

***test.org***

#+PROPERTY: header-args:sh :var A="this is a"

Best,
Ihor

RE: [BUG] org-mode #+SETUPFILE not working with properties [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-378-g98588e @ /home/eros/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Cook, Malcolm]

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I agree.  There is no reason to think this should not work.  I have been down this road myself in wished it did.

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Eros Zaupa <eroszaupa@gmail.com<mailto:eroszaupa@gmail.com>> writes:

> I would like to move the properties drawer to a separate file and import it
> into the main one. To do so I'm using the `#SETUPFILE` property suggested
> [here][1], but this doesn't seem to work.

Confirmed.
Though I am not 100% sure.

Org is indeed ignoring top-level property drawer when parsing
#+SETUPFILE.

Dear All,
I think that parsing top-level property drawer is simply an omission
from the time we introduced top-level property drawers into syntax.

We may either implement this support or leave things as is and document
the current behaviour.

I would be in favour of implementing top-level drawer support in
SETUPFILE, but there might be alternative opinions. WDYT?

Dear Eros Zaupa,

> ***main.org***
>
> #+SETUPFILE: test.org
>
> #+begin_src sh
> echo ${A}
> #+end_src
>
> #+RESULTS:
>
> ***test.org***
>
> :PROPERTIES:
> :header-args:sh: :var A="this is a"
> :END:

To work around your issue, you can use keyword property syntax:

***test.org***

#+PROPERTY: header-args:sh :var A="this is a"

Best,
Ihor

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Re: [BUG] org-mode #+SETUPFILE not working with properties [9.5.2 (release_9.5.2-378-g98588e @ /home/eros/src/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Nick Dokos]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

> Eros Zaupa <eroszaupa@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I would like to move the properties drawer to a separate file and import it
>> into the main one. To do so I'm using the `#SETUPFILE` property suggested
>> [here][1], but this doesn't seem to work.
>
> Confirmed.
> Though I am not 100% sure.
>
> Org is indeed ignoring top-level property drawer when parsing
> #+SETUPFILE.
>
> Dear All,
> I think that parsing top-level property drawer is simply an omission
> from the time we introduced top-level property drawers into syntax.
>
> We may either implement this support or leave things as is and document
> the current behaviour.
>
> I would be in favour of implementing top-level drawer support in
> SETUPFILE, but there might be alternative opinions. WDYT?

FWIW, I agree that it is a bug and it should be fixed.

-- 
Nick

"There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler