Re: [O] org-babel header documentation

[Eric Schulte]

John Hendy <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Andreas Röhler
> <address@hidden> 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.

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte