Aloha Ken, I'm not sure what you mean by "anything else of that type", but executing a named code block in other code blocks can be achieved with the noweb syntax.
#+name: packages-that-make-iPython-great #+begin_src python import numpy as np import foo as bar ... #+end_src #+header: :noweb yes #+begin_src python <<packages-that-make-iPython-great>> ... #+end_src hth, Tom Ken Mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> writes: > I'd like to have some language specific code (either a code block in the > Library of Babel, in the current file, embedded in elisp in my startup > file, wherever) run each time I execute any code block. Is there a way > to specify this via header arguments, or :prologue, or anything else of > that type? > > Reason: Org python Babel configured to work with IPython works great, > but has some limitations, such as src_python{} calls not working. I > think one way to fix this is to have babel run with python, not IPython, > but then pre-load all the packages that make IPython great. > > To be specific, how can I executed "import numpy as np" each time I "C-c > C-c" on a "+#BEGIN_SRC python" code block? > > Thanks, > > -k. > > > -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com