Re: [babel] passing strings in

["Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

Hi Maurizio,

Thanks for the "$$" suggestion, I think that sounds like the simplest
solution.  I've just applied it, so your original table should now work
if you double the "$" before the column number.

Dan, I think this is preferable to forcing the addition of "()" for
interpretation as a reference both for reasons of backwards
compatibility, and also I somehow feel that reference interpretation by
default and string interpretation only in the presence of double quotes
is somehow more intuitive and natural.  Definitely an open area for
discussion...

Thanks -- Eric

Maurizio Vitale <maurizio.vitale@polymath-solutions.com> writes:

>>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     Eric> Hi Maurizio, The ip addresses in your table are being
>     Eric> interpreted as source/reference names which org-babel is
>     Eric> trying to resolve.  In order to differentiate between strings
>     Eric> and reference names, we either must surround all strings in
>     Eric> double quotes (as below) or we must end all references with
>     Eric> "()" and disallow any strings which end in "()".  Currently we
>     Eric> are taking the former approach, which means your table will
>     Eric> require the following to work...
>
> That was a quick replay! Thanks.
>
> If I understand you, the problem is not with org-babel, but with
> org-mode itself expanding column references. In this case, wouldn't it
> be possible to consider a general "quoting" mechanism preventing that
> expansion? obviously "'" cannot be used, but maybe $$2 could be made to
> mean "threat the value literally".
>
> I'd be ok with the quotes in the source, but they look terrible in
> exported documents.
>
> Anyhow, I can live with the workaround you suggested.
> Thanks again,
>
>        Maurizio