Currently, evaluating the Org-mode source block #+NAME: bug #+BEGIN_SRC octave :exports results ["one"; "two"; "three"] #+END_SRC
gives #+RESULTS: bug : ottnwheor e e Substituting ~fprintf~ in ~org-babel-octave-wrapper-method~ with ~fdisp~ changes the output to #+NAME: bug #+BEGIN_SRC octave :exports results ["one"; "two"; "three"] #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: bug | one | | two | | three | which is more adequate. The old behavior for scalar strings still works: #+BEGIN_SRC octave "Some string." #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : Some string.