On 2016-05-26 02:52, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
I realize that the org texinfo manual probably needs to be updated, as well.
I'll take a stab at updating that unless
someone else wants to take that on.
You're right. You can merge ORG-NEWS modifications into the
documentation patch.
Here is the patch for both doc/org.texi and etc/ORG-NEWS. I apologize for the
delay in getting this to the list.
Thanks!
;-b
>From 466f0c755180f7475484abc6715accdf74a8a0f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brian J. Carlson" <hac...@briancarlson.org>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 22:37:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] org.texi: Updated doc for [+-]n in SRC/EXAMPLE export
* doc/org.texi (Timers): Added information about optional argument to
-n/+n line-numbering
* etc/ORG-NEWS: Added infomation for "Provide offset to [+-]n in
SRC/EXAMPLE export" (commit af8e3d8)
---
doc/org.texi | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
etc/ORG-NEWS | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index 9d89975..0d0d30f 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -10045,13 +10045,28 @@ shortcuts to easily insert code blocks.
Both in @code{example} and in @code{src} snippets, you can add a @code{-n}
switch to the end of the @code{BEGIN} line, to get the lines of the example
-numbered. If you use a @code{+n} switch, the numbering from the previous
-numbered snippet will be continued in the current one. In literal examples,
-Org will interpret strings like @samp{(ref:name)} as labels, and use them as
-targets for special hyperlinks like @code{[[(name)]]} (i.e., the reference name
-enclosed in single parenthesis). In HTML, hovering the mouse over such a
-link will remote-highlight the corresponding code line, which is kind of
-cool.
+numbered. The @code{-n} takes an optional numeric argument specifying the starting
+line number of the block. If you use a @code{+n} switch, the numbering from
+the previous numbered snippet will be continued in the current one. The
+@code{+n} can also take a numeric argument. The value of the argument will be
+added to the last line of the previous block to determine the starting line
+number.
+@example
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
+ ;; this will export with line number 20
+ (message "This is line 21")
+#+END_SRC
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
+ ;; This will be listed as line 31
+ (message "This is line 32")
+#+END_SRC
+@end example
+
+In literal examples, Org will interpret strings like @samp{(ref:name)} as
+labels, and use them as targets for special hyperlinks like @code{[[(name)]]}
+(i.e., the reference name enclosed in single parenthesis). In HTML, hovering
+the mouse over such a link will remote-highlight the corresponding code line,
+which is kind of cool.
You can also add a @code{-r} switch which @i{removes} the labels from the
source code@footnote{Adding @code{-k} to @code{-n -r} will @i{keep} the
diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 72f8d5c..34eb9ab 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
+**** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
+The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
+argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
+block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
+added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
+point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
+#+BEGIN_SRC org
+ ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
+ ;; this will export with line number 20
+ (message "This is line 21")
+ ,#+END_SRC
+ ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
+ ;; This will be listed as line 31
+ (message "This is line 32")
+ ,#+END_SRC
+#+END_SRC
*** Babel
**** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
--
2.8.3
