Re: [Orgmode] Re: disable automatic source block evaluation but allow manual

[Andreas Leha]

Hi all,

hi Sébastien, thanks for your answer, which adds much more in-depth
information to my problem.  In fact, what you describe is probably the
bigger problem.

But for me (maybe I am the only one ...) it would be handy to have
source blocks, that are evaluated on C-c C-c *only*.  That also means
that when evaluating the whole buffer or subtree, these blocks should
not be evaluated.

The reason is that I have a lot of blocks of R code, that are only used
internally.  When I evaluate them they "spoil" my workspace, so that
evaluation is disabled for export and also when the whole program/buffer
is evaluated.  But for testing/debugging it is often handy to evaluate
one of them anyway.  Since there are simple work arounds (e.g. copy the
source block to the R session), it is not a vital functionality.

Regards,
Andreas


Am 16.12.2010 10:48, schrieb Sébastien Vauban:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Andreas Leha wrote:
>   
>> is there an option (source block header argument) that allows to disable the
>> evaluation of the block, but still allows C-c C-c to perform the evaluation?
>> The header argument ':eval never' disables the evaluation completely. I'd
>> like the C-c C-c to take precedence over this.
>>
>> So I guess I am looking for something like ':eval manual'
>>     
> If I rewrite what I understood from your post, you want to make a clear
> distinction between:
>
> - allowing evaluation in the Org buffer (when *editing*)
> - allowing evaluation when *exporting* it
>
> In fact, I've been thinking at something that annoys me a bit, around this
> similar subject: I find it weird to have a buffer that does not contain the
> same up-to-date information as the exported (and updated) document.
>
> Arbitrary example:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * Sh code
>
> #+begin_src sh :results output :exports both
> date
> #+end_src
>
> #+results:
> : Thu, Dec 16, 2010 10:32:36 AM
>
> #+begin_src sh :var thisfile=(buffer-file-name)
> echo $(ls -lia "$thisfile" | cut -d " " -f 6) "Bytes in this buffer"
> #+end_src
>
> #+results:
> : 297 Bytes in this buffer
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> If I add words in that file, the number of characters will go up. That will be
> correctly "visible" (shown) in the exported document.
>
> But, *if I don't manually execute* all the code snippets above, they will have
> a wrong output...[1]
>
> ... moreover, as said previously, it will always (in the above example) be
> different from the HTML/PDF version of that buffer. It may lead to erroneous
> appreciation of code results, and lead to different and unsynchronized
> versions of documents (source Org file, exported documents).
>
> I have a gut feeling that either:
>
> - the export function should not evaluate any code block, or
>
> - when evaluating them for the export, the Org buffer should be updated in the
>   same way (results of evaluation copied back into the Org buffer).
>
> I guess the first solution is not a good one. What about the second?
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb
>
> Footnotes:
> [1] Number of characters won't reflect the new values. And, even if I don't
> touch it, the time information will be different between the Org and the
> exported files.
>   

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