Re: bug: org-table-convert-region-max-lines causes a "Code block produced nop output"

[Charles Millar via Emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>]

A follow up

On 8/20/19 9:32 AM, Charles Millar via Emacs-orgmode wrote:
> In an org file I have a source code block to convert entries into and 
> generate a recutils file
>
> #+begin_src sh?? :file SomeFile.rec
> cat << EOF
> # -*- mode: rec -*-
>
> #### Begin recutils file
>
> Approximately 770 records in recutils format each with about 20 
> entries; over 17,000 lines including line feeds or carriage returns
>
> #+end_src
>
> The following error is produced:
>
> Starting new Ispell process /usr/bin/aspell with en_US dictionary...
> executing Sh code block...
> Wrote /tmp/babel-k8j93s/ob-input-LL2cYo
> Error reading results: (user-error Region is longer than 
> ???org-table-convert-region-max-lines??? (999) lines; not converting)
> Code block produced no output.
>
> I admit that I have not evaluated this code block since last 
> October.At that time the SomeFile.rec file was produced, as expected. 
> However, the size of the entries has not changed and now the above 
> error results.
>
> I modified my init.el file to include
>
> (setq org-table-convert-region-max-lines 20000)
>
> closed emacs, etc. (load-file init.el did not change the default 999 
> to 20000)
>
> When I C-c C-c'ed the code block again the process hung. I confirmed 
> that org-table-convert-region-max-lines was set to 20000.
>
> Is org-table-convert-region-max-lines?? supposed to be invoked and if 
> so what should I modify?
>
> Version information
>
> Org mode version 9.2.5 (release_9.2.5-488-g9ddba9 @ 
> /usr/local/share/org-mode/lisp/)
> GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 57, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 
> 3.24.10) of 2019-08-20
>
> Charlie Millar
>
It appears that the above now creates a table, not a recutils file. 
Spaces are the delimiter,


#+begin_src sh?? :file test.rec
cat << EOF
# -*- mode: rec -*-

%rec: somerecord

Account: something
Amount: 0.00

#### end of file
EOF

#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
| #?????????????? | -*-?????????????? | mode: | rec?? | -*- |
| %rec:?????? | somerecord |???????????? |?????????? |???????? |
| Account: | sometyhing |???????????? |?????????? |???????? |
| Amount:?? | 0.0?????????????? |???????????? |?????????? |???????? |
| ####???????? | end?????????????? | of?????? | file |???????? |