>>
>> Most languages should and (at least those I use regularly) do run in the
>> directory of the containing Org-mode file. Which languages do not?
>
> I'm working on ob-octave.el which does not. So I'll fix it in this
> case.
Great, thanks.
>
> Which leads me to another question I was about to ask. How to comint
> commands in org-babel-XXX-initiate-session as session is not assigned
> yet?
I don't understand.
> Right now I have something like the following in that function
>
> (comint-send-string
> (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))
> "set(0, 'defaultfigurevisible', 'off');\n")
>
> I do it there as it does not make sense to call for each block. I was about
> to write that ob-R does show stuff but I believe it was in earlier versions
> of ob-R.el or something as I've checked and indeed nothing appears on screen
> as code being wrapped in a device output block.
>
I'm not aware of a way to run code on the start of a session. I do see
how this could be a useful addition.
>
> Also IIRC ob-sh does not change directory though I tried it on Windows with
> cmd.exe.
Granted I only run on linux, but (on linux) ob-sh *does* run in the
directory of the containing Org-mode file.
> Worth mentioning that it tangles into dot sh instead of dot bat or dot
> cmd on that platform. It misses platform specific
>
> (defvar org-babel-tangle-lang-exts)
> (if (string-equal system-type "windows-nt")
> (add-to-list 'org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '("sh" . "bat"))
> )
>
OK, could you convert the above into a patch which we could apply to
ob-sh?
>
> P.S. I feel like I'm hijacking the thread....
>
> M.
>
I am certainly not the OP, but I don't mind, these varied topics all
seem important.
Cheers,
--
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
