Thanks for the response. At a minimum, I'd recommend changing the error
message from "Not in a source block" to something more descriptive as most
people's initial response will be, "uhhh, but it looks like I am."
Ideally, an additional comment marker would delineate the source block from the
meta-programmed variables to allow the edited source code's verbatim
replacement. Or it might make sense to have a setting that separates the
tangled source file from the meta programmed variables. Using your example
above, it could tangle to something like the following:
#!/bin/sh
#
[[file:~/tmp/test.org::org_gcr_2018-10-04T08-35-43-05-00_cosmicality_CCEACAA2-A6B3-4FDD-9259-7F633316F0CE][org_gcr_2018-10-04T08-35-43-05-00_cosmicality_CCEACAA2-A6B3-4FDD-9259-7F633316F0CE]].
./noideahowtonamethesegenerically.sh # the naming seems tricky to me
echo $x#
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If babel was starting anew, I'd prefer that as it seems cleaner than adding
another comment (assumption: majority of languages have an include-like
facility of some sort). Given the number of languages currently supported, the
additional comment delimiters seem less disruptive.
--Brad
On Thursday, October 4, 2018, 8:19:30 AM PDT, Grant Rettke
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:09 AM Brad Knotwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been playing with org-babel-detangle and I've noticed something that's
> either a bug or a limitation. It's confusing enough that
> it's worth writing down if it's expected. Basically, it doesn't work if
> there are variables defined in the begin_src header. I've
> attached an example below. The first one won't detangle and the last two
> will.
That is expected behavior. Org can only detangle the content of source
blocks. It can't deduce how that
source code got in there.
Maybe this example says it better:
#+begin_src sh sh :tangle hw.sh :var x=(random) :shebang #!/bin/sh
:comments link
echo $x
#+end_src
Tangles to
#!/bin/sh
#
[[file:~/tmp/test.org::org_gcr_2018-10-04T08-35-43-05-00_cosmicality_CCEACAA2-A6B3-4FDD-9259-7F633316F0CE][org_gcr_2018-10-04T08-35-43-05-00_cosmicality_CCEACAA2-A6B3-4FDD-9259-7F633316F0CE]]
x='422131055910453451'
echo $x
#
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