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From: Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com>
Subject: org-babel-expand-src-block behavior
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Hi,

I've just learned about =org-babel-expand-src-block= (from [1]) which seems like an improvement over =org-edit-special=, because variables are expanded.

But I notice two issues with it, and I'm wondering if these are intentional or bugs, or if there are work-arounds.

First, the buffer is read-only (which someone else claims is a bug [2]), and second, if I make changes and then exit the expanded block (via C-') without saving, the changes are lost. If I enter =org-edit-special= and exit w/o saving, the changes are propagated back to the buffer.

Cheers,

  -k.

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[1] https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/34821/pass-variable-from-src-block-to-org-edit-src-code

[2] https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/29368/org-babel-noweb-expansion-when-sending-c-c-buffer-to-python-shell