Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > 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. >
Great, I agree wholeheartedly and I'll update the documentation accordingly (and take a look at lob-ingest to ensure it no longer uses this var-in-name style). Cheers, > > - Carsten -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
