Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf-genee64ty+gs+fvcfc7...@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Hi Eric and Dan, > > Dan Davison wrote: >> Sébastien Vauban wrote: >>> "Eric Schulte" wrote: >>>> I don't forsee adding partial results insertion both because >>>> >>>> - it would add a good deal of complexity to the code to insert results >>>> part-way through a run >>> >>> I can't comment on this, of course. >>> >>>> - the current behavior of only inserting results on a fully successful run >>>> is reasonable and is probably more obvious (at least to me) than >>>> inserting partial results >>> >>> Being fond of Babel, I'm using it always, everywhere. I prefer: >>> >>> 1. typing my shell commands in an Org buffer, >>> 2. evaluate the block, >>> 3. get the results automagically inserted in the buffer, >>> 4. (eventually, version the whole file for later comparisons when updating >>> the code), >>> 5. export the whole to HTML and/or PDF. >>> >>> The current behavior, even if totally respectable and defendable, inhibits >>> such a way of working: if you write (or update) a shell code, and don't see >>> (more or less) the same things as the ones you would see in a shell buffer, >>> then you can't use such an Org buffer -- as long as one command fails. >>> >>> I don't especially want you to change your position, but I'm explaining the >>> "negative" consequences for me. >> >> I definitely have some sympathy with your request. On two occasions I've had >> to manually make this change just to carry on working. >> >> But do we actually change babel in this direction? [...] >> >> The thing is that babel currently has a clear, simple, rule which says: if >> there's an error, the result is the elisp value nil. >> >> Eric and I have discussed in the past whether there should be any change >> in this direction. The idea of a :debug header arg has been floated, >> that would allow this behavior. Or tacking stdout on to the error >> output. I tend to think that the behavior you request does need to be >> made available, somehow, whether by default or not. > > If find this conclusion a bit contradictory with the fact that you even needed > it yourself. Hey Seb -- you mis-read me there. I was agreeing with you that the behavior should be made available. _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
