Re: org-ditaa woes

[Leo Butler]

On Fri, Oct 20 2023, "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de> wrote:

> Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
>
>>>> [...]
>>>>        (cmd (concat "java " java " " org-ditaa-jar-option " "
>>>>                  (shell-quote-argument
>>>>                   (expand-file-name
>>>>                    (if eps org-ditaa-eps-jar-path org-ditaa-jar-path)))
>>>>                  " " cmdline
>>>>                  " " (org-babel-process-file-name in-file)
>>>>                  " " (org-babel-process-file-name out-file)))
>>>> [...]
>
> From the commit, this is an ancient version of ob-ditaa (11 years ago).
>
> In my current source I see
>
>        (cmd (concat org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd
>                     " " java " " org-ditaa-jar-option " "
>                     (shell-quote-argument
>                      (expand-file-name
>                       (if eps org-ditaa-eps-jar-path org-ditaa-jar-path)))
>                     " " cmdline
>                     " " (org-babel-process-file-name in-file)
>                     " " (if pdf-cmd
>                             eps-file
>                           (org-babel-process-file-name out-file)))))
>
> (use C-h v org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd to see the value of the java
> executable — you can then customize this to use a different command)
>
> Going forward we may want to adjust ob-ditaa to allow for an executable
> like ob-plantuml does it.
>
> Best wishes,
> Arne

Arne,
Thank you for the correction, you are right about the vintage (and
about the suggestion vis-a-vis ob-plantuml, imo).

Leo