I tried this but it did not work for me.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 5:38 PM <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 05:14:43PM -0500, doltes wrote: > > Get =#+RESULTS= without re-evaluating source code block? > > > > Let's suppose I have a code block which requires a long time to finish > > > > #+NAME: big-computation > > #+begin_src bash > > sleep 5 # Some computation which requires a long time to complete. > > echo a > > #+end_src > > > > #+RESULTS: big-computation > > #+begin_example > > a > > #+end_example > > > > I want to use the results of that code block in other code blocks so I > > use a =noweb= reference (see below.) > > > > #+begin_src bash :noweb yes > > printf "%s\n" <<big-computation()>> > > #+end_src > > > > #+RESULTS: > > #+begin_example > > a > > > > #+end_example > > > > However, doing this (i.e. using a =noweb= reference) would make the > > command to be evaluated whenever getting its results. I don't want > > this, I want the =:noweb= reference to actually use the already > > computed results. > > > > So, my question is: Is it possible to use the actual =#+RESULTS= code > > block instead of always evaluating it when referencing the results > > through a =:noweb= reference? > > Perhaps "Cache results of evaluation" (15.5 Evaluating Code Blocks, > in the Interwebs here [1] is for you. > > In short, add a header argument :cache yes to your code block. > > Cheers > > [1] https://orgmode.org/org.html#Evaluating-Code-Blocks > > - t > -- John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
