I recommend using polymode[1] as a more general solution to the need to interact with code blocks without pulling up a separate edit buffer. It seamlessly switches major modes when point is inside a code block.
Best, Ista [1] https://github.com/vspinu/polymode On Nov 11, 2015 12:11 AM, "Xebar Saram" <zelt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I actually find it annoying in ESS to keep pressing C-c ' each time i want > to eval a single line of code in a code block. if this could work for R > code this would be fantastic for me > > thx > > Z > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Carlos Henrique Machado S Esteves < > ch.machado.este...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Chuck, >> >> Thank you for the feedback. >> >> > You might want to check that point and mark are both inside the src >> block. Otherwise, the results are unpredictable. >> You are right, I've updated the patch. >> >> > ess-mode, python-mode, sh-mode and octave-mode already provide this >> capability (and a lot more) for R, python, shell scripts, octave/matlab and >> some other languages from the edit buffer. >> I understand that. My idea is to avoid the need to C-c ' back and forth. >> Actually that's a problem I have with org-babel; I usually find myself >> coding inside the src block and losing many of the major mode >> functionalities; switching to the edit buffer often seem too much of a >> hassle. Any tips about how to get more major-mode functionalities inside >> the src-block? Or should I develop the muscle memory to switch back and >> forth to the edit buffer all the time? >> >> > `org-babel-demarcate-block' gives the user the ability to break up src >> blocks into smaller pieces so they can be run independently. >> Thanks for pointing that; I didn't know about `org-babel-demarcate-block'. >> >> Best, >> >> Carlos >> >> 2015-11-02 13:19 GMT-05:00 Charles C. Berry <ccbe...@ucsd.edu>: >> >>> On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Carlos Henrique Machado S Esteves wrote: >>> >>> Hello, I find it useful to be able to execute only a region of a source >>>> code block, so I've implemented a new function for that. I've tested it >>>> with MATLAB and Python, but it should work for any mode, since it calls >>>> org-babel-execute-src-block. >>>> >>>> >>> You might want to check that point and mark are both inside the src >>> block. Otherwise, the results are unpredictable. >>> >>> Also note that: >>> >>> ess-mode, python-mode, sh-mode and octave-mode already provide this >>> capability (and a lot more) for R, python, shell scripts, octave/matlab and >>> some other languages from the edit buffer. >>> >>> `org-babel-demarcate-block' gives the user the ability to break up src >>> blocks into smaller pieces so they can be run independently. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> >> >
