Suhail Singh <suhailsingh...@gmail.com> writes: > Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > >> - Aside, built-in ox-odt has quite a history >> - Its original author is... (to say) no longer interested to deal >> with FSF copyright assignment (it was quite a drama at some point) > > Out of curiosity, would you happen to have a reference to associated > discussion in case it happened on a public mailing list? I am curious > as to the reasons.
https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87ppydmigz....@gmail.com/t/#u >> - Oh well. ~org-sbe~ is a hack (on top of >> ~org-babel-execute-src-block~) in reality and not a properly >> designed API >> - One day we need to implement something better >> - Patches welcome! At least, it is a good idea to start a discussion >> on the mailing list. See >> https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback > > Could you please elaborate on what about ~org-sbe~ makes it a "hack"? > On a related note, what would "something better" look like? Because it uses `org-babel-execute-src-block', which works with code block at point. `org-sbe' tries to make it work with code blocks that are not at point, against `org-babel-execute-src-block' docstring. Something better would be a proper API function that can execute code block at arbitrary location, not just at point. Such API function is likely something to be factored out from `org-babel-execute-src-block' and many helper functions it uses. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
