Hi Eric, Sébastien Vauban wrote: > "Eric Schulte" wrote: >> I don't forsee adding partial results insertion both because >> >> - it would add a good deal of complexity to the code to insert results >> part-way through a run > > I can't comment on this, of course. > >> - the current behavior of only inserting results on a fully successful run >> is reasonable and is probably more obvious (at least to me) than >> inserting partial results > > Being fond of Babel, I'm using it always, everywhere. I prefer: > > 1. typing my shell commands in an Org buffer, > 2. evaluate the block, > 3. get the results automagically inserted in the buffer, > 4. (eventually, version the whole file for later comparisons when updating > the code), > 5. export the whole to HTML and/or PDF. > > The current behavior, even if totally respectable and defendable, inhibits > such a way of working: if you write (or update) a shell code, and don't see > (more or less) the same things as the ones you would see in a shell buffer, > then you can't use such an Org buffer -- as long as one command fails. > > I don't especially want you to change your position, but I'm explaining the > "negative" consequences for me.
BTW, what's the internal "definition" (in Org Babel) of "unsuccessful run" of a (sh) command block? Is it "return code != 0"? If yes, such a sh block would never produce any results when the machine is not a known name (as first command would "fail"): #+begin_src sh :var machine :results output ping $machine rc=$? if [ $rc == 0 ]; then echo "Machine pinged successfully with its name..."; else echo "Trying to ping machine by its IP..."; ipmachine=$(grep whichever-list.txt | cut -f 2); ping $ipmachine fi #+end_src (the above is just a simply sample of code which includes tests of rc) Though, it does currently work with both known and unknown machines. So I'm clearly missing something here. Best regards, Seb -- Sébastien Vauban _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode