From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: org-babel header documentation
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:17:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5151CA14.9070503@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ehf25g2q.fsf@gmail.com>
Am 26.03.2013 16:35, schrieb Eric Schulte:
> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Andreas Röhler
>> <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> while digging through the org-babel stuff, which is quite exiting, have some
>>> difficulties to grasp the functionality of different header arguments.
>>>
>>> Info 14.8 Header arguments
>>>
>>> is useful so far. Still miss an explanation the way
>>>
>>> Setting X to Y will cause....
>>>
>>> Maybe missing the right spot still?
>>
>> I tend to agree. I typically just follow the matching tutorial for
>> whatever language I'm using and stick to it... but I don't always
>> understand (like why I need =:results output graphics= in R vs. just
>> output). Perhaps you could inquire about a particular header setting,
>> someone could respond, and you could add the info to Worg somewhere
>> (something like a "layman's guide to header arguments")?
>>
>
> The evolution of the code block functionality over the years has been
> driven almost exclusively by this mailing list. The best way to find
> the reasoning behind any particular baroque combination of header
> arguments is to search through the archives of this list.
>
> Sadly we don't do a good enough job of ensuring that the content
> generated here makes its way to Worg. I'm certainly guilty of this
> myself, but there are only so many hours in the day.
>
Hi Eric,
thanks a lot BTW for all you've done.
What about to have a list editable for all interested
w/ comments to all header args in alphabetical order?
Might participate and write it down the way it's understood.
You and others may correct it on the fly.
Maybe someone starts a headers.org in Worg?
Andreas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-26 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-26 15:00 org-babel header documentation Andreas Röhler
2013-03-26 15:23 ` John Hendy
2013-03-26 15:35 ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-26 16:17 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
2013-03-26 16:23 ` John Hendy
2013-03-26 16:54 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-03-26 16:33 ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-29 17:58 ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-29 20:54 ` John Hendy
2013-03-29 21:13 ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-30 1:54 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-03-30 15:17 ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-30 22:13 ` Charles Berry
2013-03-31 0:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen
[not found] ` <87mwtkapcq.fsf-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-10 20:39 ` Sebastien Vauban
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