Re: Two modifications for source blocks processing (will be in 7.9.2)

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

"Sebastien Vauban"
<wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> A (very) quick answer...
>
> Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>> Sebastien Vauban writes:
>>> Bastien wrote:
>>>> this is to advertize two small modifications wrt source blocks
>>>> processing.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Please use ":results drawer" instead of ":results wrap" to insert
>>>>    results like this:
>>>>
>>>>    #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results drawer
>>>>    (message "a")
>>>>    #+END_SRC
>>>>    
>>>>    #+RESULTS:
>>>>    :RESULTS:
>>>>    a
>>>>    :END:
>>>
>>> OK. That name is clearly better!
>>>
>>>> 2) Support for ":results org" has been removed.
>>>
>>> Why don't we have anymore "#+begin/end_org" blocks while we still have
>>> "#+begin_html" and "#+begin_LaTeX" blocks?  Org as the language seemed normal
>>> to insert blocks in Org-syntax.
>>>
>>> How will Org constructs be supported, for example headlines in the old
>>> "#+begin/end_org" blocks -- with the "," used for protecting the export?
>>>
>>> #+begin_src org
>>> ,* This is an headline
>>> ,This is some text.
>>> #+end_src
>>>
>>>>    You can either insert the results with ":results raw" or "results drawer"
>>>>    if you need to tell the exporter to include/exclude the results (by
>>>>    including/excluding the :RESULTS: drawer from export.)
>>>
>>> Will ":RESULTS:" drawers be included by default, to mimic the current support
>>> of "#+begin/end_org" blocks?
>>
>> :results org was a synonym for :results raw
>
> No!
>
> With :results raw, the raw output is inserted directly into the Org mode
> buffer. This is a good option if your code block will output *Org mode
> formatted text* (this will even be fontified as Org text you would have typed
> yourself).
>
> As there are *no obvious markers to delimit the results* in the Org mode file,
> there is no way to know where raw results begin or end: raw results *cannot be
> removed* from the buffer.
>
> With :results org, raw Org mode results will be harmlessly *wrapped in a Org
> mode block*. The "#+begin/end_org" block wrapper makes it possible for the
> entirety of the results to be clearly located and replaced upon code block
> re-evaluation.
>
>> so I think "small change" here probably means that support for the synonym
>> was dropped.
>
> Hence, not a synonym.
>
>> #+begin/end_org blocks should still work with the :wrap header argument,
>>  which hasn't been altered, IIUC.
>
> No. AFAICT:
>
> - "wrap" will disappear (renamed as "drawer"),
>
> - "drawer" is not the same as the old "org" option (as the results gets
>   inserted into a drawer, not into a block).
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

Thanks Seb,

I appreciate your help and patience as I worked out the implications of
the changes.  I think I've got it straight now :)

All the best,
Tom

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