On 2.4.2013, at 23:54, Eric Schulte <schulte.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gary Oberbrunner <ga...@oberbrunner.com> writes: > >> Aha -- you have to use the :var syntax on the begin_src line, not the >> params-in-parens syntax on the name line. Your version works: >> >> #+name: example-block >> #+begin_src sh :var input="" >> echo "input is $input" >> #+end_src >> >> but this doesn't: >> >> #+name: example-block(input="") >> #+begin_src sh >> echo "input is $input" >> #+end_src >> >> The doc seems to say it should work the same, in >> http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html (see "Alternate Argument Syntax"). >> > > At this point I'm not sure if the documentation or the code should be > amended. I've personally never liked the args-in-block-name syntax, but > I don't recall if we formally decided to abandon it, or if it has simply > been broken in a recent commit.
I am not sure if I have any say here, but I agree that the args in name notation looks not as good and might be considered for abolishment. - Carsten
