On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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 > Just to add to it: at the moment I have e.g: #+BABEL: :var MAINVERSION=0 #+BABEL: :var SVNVERSION=(vc-working-revision (buffer-file-name)) #+BABEL: :var SVNSTATE=( symbol-name (vc-state (or (buffer-file-name) org-current-export-file))) #+BABEL: :var SVNSTATENUM=(if (eq (vc-state (or (buffer-file-name) org-current-export-file)) 'up-to-date) 0 13) #+BABEL: :var DISP_PACKAGE="seedDisp_0.4-13.tar.gz" which would look horrible in one line and a nightmare to edit. Any suggestions how this cold be changed? In addition: I would like to have a warning if #+BABEL is present in the org file, so that one remembers that it has to be changed. Cheers, 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 > > -- 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
