On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.e...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Christian Moe <m...@christianmoe.com> writes: > > > Hi again, > > > > I can quickly think of two advantages of the late lamented (if only by > > me) #+BABEL header over using properties. > > > > 1. Allowing you to specify multiple buffer-wide options on the same > > line (keeping things short), in the same colon :syntax as used in a > > src block header (keeping things consistent and easy to copy back and > > forth). None of this makes a substantive difference. > > > > Understood, the new method will require multiple lines. Everything is a > trade-off... > > > > > 2. Allowing you to pass multiple buffer-wide arguments with :var. This > > could make a substantive difference in some applications. The > > following will work: > > > > #+BABEL: :var euro=1.3791 :var salestax=.15 > > > > The following will not, since it tries to set the same property: > > > > #+PROPERTY: var euro=1.3791 > > #+PROPERTY: var salestax=.15 > > > > If BABEL is dropped for PROPERTY, it would be good for the :var: > > property to support multiple arguments (comma-separated would be good > > for consistency with passing arguments through the SRCNAME). E.g.: > > > > #+PROPERTY: var euro=1.3791, salestax=.15 > > > > I think I'd like this better in any case. > > > > Nice idea. This same issue with "var" arose when we first started > allowing header arguments to be specified inside subtree properties. > I've just implemented your suggestion so the following are now possible. > > #+PROPERTY: var foo=1, bar=2 > #+PROPERTY: cache yes > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (+ foo bar) > #+end_src > > #+results[be32e67491d4e92f75769aebe423c20ca01626fe]: > : 3 > > Will #+PROPERTY: var foo=1 #+PROPERTY: var bar=2 also work, or result in one variable not signed? Rainer > and > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var foo="this", bar="that" > (concat foo " " bar) > #+end_src > > #+results[3cde077efa81f1ca24a62ac264dbd5776b6e0054]: > : this that > > Thanks for the suggestion and I hope the above is a sufficient > replacement for the now-missing #+BABEL: syntax. > > Cheers -- Eric > > -- > Eric Schulte > http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
