Re: [Bug] #+call does not respect :colnames argument

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

Rick Frankel <rick@rickster.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:53:33AM -0600, Eric Schulte wrote:
>> Rick Frankel <rick@rickster.com> writes:
>> 
>> > I have debugged why the :colnames argument is not respected as to
>> > removing the header from a table var.
>
>> Thanks for taking the time to find the root of this problem.  I believe
>> I've fixed this by change the `org-babel-merge-params' function so that
>> when the value of a variable is update, then colname-names and
>> rowname-names values saved for that variable are removed.
>> 
>> In my local tests the attached patch fixes this issue.  If it works for
>> you as well then I'll apply it.
>
> Works for me. Thanx, this will simplify a lot of code (e.g., the
> example dot-from-tables that was floating around last week)
>
> Aside... It's difficult for me to follow the code, so can you explain
> the why the different results between:
>
> #+call: emacs-echo(table=with-hline2) :colnames yes
>
> #+results:
> | B | C | D |
> |---+---+---|
> | 3 | 4 | 5 |
> | 6 | 7 | 8 |
>
> and
>
> #+call: emacs-echo(table=with-hline2)[:colnames yes]
>
> #+results:
> | B | C | D |
>

The later is not valid call line syntax, see [1] for a full description
of the call line syntax.  In effect what happens in the latter case, is
you set :colnames to "yes]".

I've just pushed up that patch.

Thanks for you help debugging this.

>
>
> thanx again,
> rick


Footnotes: 
[1]  (info "(org)Evaluating Code Blocks")

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