"Berry, Charles" <ccbe...@health.ucsd.edu> writes:
> Rudy,
>
> Thanks for the comment, but ...
>
>> On Dec 25, 2021, at 1:37 PM, Rudolf Adamkovič <salu...@me.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think we look at the problem from two different perspectives. You
>> look at the problem from the "how" perspective, whereas I look at it
>> from the "why" perspective. Sure, we can work around everything in
>> Org. Now, does that mean that Org should try to execute BibTeX
>> blocks when executing a buffer? I do not think so.
>
> Using standard features (properties, header-args) in a standard way
> does not strike me as a `work around'.
I apologize for the lack of clarity. I used the term "workaround" from
the perspective of a user, who probably does not expect Org to try
"execute BibTeX" ever.
> You have not made a clear case that src blocks are even needed to
> support your use case. It may well be that export blocks (which never
> execute) would work just as well. But with no ECM, one can only
> guess.
True that, I did not include an example! Below, I include a typical use
case: Org notes about an article with a corresponding BibTeX entry.
(Note: I do not know what ECM stands for.)
[…]
#+property: header-args+ :comments link
#+cite_export: csl apa.csl
* Notes
[…]
* References
#+print_bibliography:
* Sources
#+begin_src bibtex :tangle knuth+2021.bib
@Article{knuth+2021,
author = {Knuth, Donald E. and Shustek, Len},
title = {Let's Not Dumb down the History of Computer Science},
journal = {Communications of the {ACM}},
year = 2021,
volume = 64,
number = 2,
pages = {33–35},
month = {jan},
issue_date = {February 2021},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery, {ACM}},
issn = {0001-0782},
doi = {10.1145/3442377},
abstract = {Donald Knuth on the best way to recognize the history
of computer science.},
numpages = 3
}
#+end_src
> I'm still inclined to call this a feature request, not a bug. And
> decisions about adding complexity to an already complicated code base
> should take that point of view, IMO.
Sure. As a user, I can see it as both a bug, where Org tries to execute
BibTeX, but also as a feature, where Org needs to become smarter and
differentiate BibTeX from, say, Scheme or C.
Rudy
--
"Logic is a science of the necessary laws of thought, without which no
employment of the understanding and the reason takes place." -- Immanuel
Kant, 1785
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