I figured out that inserting `hline' works for some languages. consistent behavior with ":colnames yes" would be ideal but this solves my problem.
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp '((one two) hline (1 3) (1 6)) #+END_SRC On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 7:48 AM ian martins <ia...@jhu.edu> wrote: > Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to tell org that the first row of a > src block result is a table header. > > from readthedocs > <https://org-babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/header-args/#colnames> it > looks like ":colnames yes" should do this, but I haven't been able to get > it to work, and the code > <https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/ob-core.el#L1671> > doesn't appear to want that to happen. maybe that is special handling for > R <https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/ob-R.el#L164>. > > #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :colnames yes > '((one two) (1 3) (1 6)) > #+END_SRC > > I'm expecting an hline in the output but do not find one. > > I know ":colnames '(one two)" works, but I don't know the header value > until I've generated the table. > > -Ian >
