Hi Brian, Thanks for the report. I've just pushed up a fix to org-collector.el. I've entirely removed `org-read-prop' and replaced it with `org-babel-read' a more modern/robust version of the same function which doesn't display the problem you mentioned below.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp (org-babel-read "123abc-def543") ; 123abc-def543 #+end_src Cheers -- Eric MidLifeXis at PerlMonks <midlife...@wightmanfam.org> writes: > Hello, > > org-read-prop treats strings beginning with digits as numbers. > > > contrib/lisp/org-collector.el: (line 124ish: > http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git/blob/5f77fd6a81a4241ce5a8e346acb9df089d65b462:/contrib/lisp/org-collector.el#l124) > > > (org-read-prop "123abc-def543") returns 123, should return "123abc-def543" > > Creates problems trying to include org-generated ID numbers (UUID style) into > a > propview table. > > Perhaps later I can submit a patch, but I don't currently have the cycles. > > My current configuration is: > > Emacs : GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) > of 2008-03-26 on RELEASE > Package: Org-mode version 7.3 > > > but the problem is still in the master branch (see link above). > > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
