On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.e...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > - Org-babel adds rather specific and complex functionality to org-mode > > that those who use it as a simple outliner and todo manager do not > > require. (In other words, an option to turn it off might be nice for > > those who are worried about "feature creep.") > > > > I'm less struck by this point, as there are many features of Org-mode > which I personally don't understand or use and I'm certainly some > features the existence of which I am completely unaware. However as > long as Babel doesn't significantly affect load time, I'd rather it be > present in the background, to simplify it's use. > And there's a significant advantage to having it included and 'on': ubiquity. An org user doesn't have to have set anything up to load up Eric's babel-ized version of the emacs starter kit and start playing with it in babel. [http://github.com/eschulte/emacs-starter-kit] It's the same advantage that org-mode gains by being part of Emacs. We can say: "Want to try org-mode? just do 'M-x org-mode' Now make some headlines with CTRL-RET and...." Org babel is good, useful and stable enough that it deserves the same boost. Having said that, I'm all for Carsten's new code execution key binding. Org advertises C-c C-c as a friendly key which mostly 'does the right thing' on the current block. I could imagine that unwary newish users might not realize that in this case 'the right thing' is to execute that code. Paranoia does seem a good default practice in this case. Scot
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