Re: Deactivate babel source block

[Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de>]

Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:

> You want to set the :eval and :tangle header arguments, this can be done
> with `org-babel-insert-header-arg' bound to "C-c C-v j".  I've just
> updated this function so that it now takes two optional arguments
> specifying the header argument and value.
>
> So your function could now be something like the following.
>
>     (defun my-org-babel-deactivate ()
>       (interactive)
>       (org-babel-insert-header-arg "eval" "never")
>       (org-babel-insert-header-arg "tangle" "no"))

Correct me if I am wrong, but I seem to remember that source blocks
under a commented heading are not tangled?

But I just tried it now, and it doesn't seem to be the case anymore -
code blocks under commented header are still tangled - has this feature
been removed or was it never there?

Rainer

>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Michael Bach <phaebz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Dear org-mode Users and Developers,
>>
>>
>> I am looking for a nice way to deactivate a babel source block with
>> point being anywhere on it. Imagine e.g. C-c C-v C-w to say "I want to
>> toggle execution/tangling for this block".
>>
>> Background: I have the .emacs setup in a literate org-mode file where I
>> am testing new emacs packages.  Now many blocks represent specific
>> features that I want to be activated / deactivated.  This should ideally
>> behave like the other source code functions (i.e. C-c C-v family).
>>
>> My naive approach as elisp noob was:
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>>   (defun my-org-babel-deactivate ()
>>     (interactive)
>>     (org-edit-special)
>>     (mark-whole-buffer)
>>     (comment-region)
>>     (org-edit-src-exit))
>> #+end_src
>>
>> Apart from it not working (Wrong number of arguments), this would have
>> been a dirty one in any case.  Now I thought there must be a better way
>> by setting/un-setting the respective header arguments in an automated
>> way.  Is this already possible with org-mode version 8.2?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Michael
>>
>>
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