Andreas Leha wrote: > Fabrice Niessen <fni-n...@pirilampo.org> writes: >> Andreas Leha wrote: >>> Kodi Arfer <k...@arfer.net> writes: >>>> "none" is allowed as an argument to :results (see, for example, >>>> ob-core.el line 704 as of Git d36bd8d), but this isn't mentioned in >>>> results.html. I just learned of its existence while reading >>>> ob-core.el. >>>> >>>> To me, by the way, ":results none" seems like a useful feature rather >>>> than being redundant with ":results silent", because it won't attempt >>>> to print a massive object to the echo area. (Pehaps "silent" wasn't a >>>> great choice of name.) >>> >>> Especially given that ":results none" prints "results silenced" in the >>> echo area. Should rather be "results nonced" ;-) >> >> They're not the same... > > I know. I just wanted to stress the unfortunate naming. Unfortunate, > because if you want the source block to produce "results silenced" you > must not specify ":results silent", but rather ":results none" which is > counter intuitive.
I agree. I think we cannot afford to change the option values, but you could imagine changing the string in the echo area to something like "no results displayed" or some such. >> Extract from my modest (and still "work in progress") Org-Babel >> refcard [1]: >> >> - :results silent :: >> Sends the commands, echoes the results in the minibuffer (to see >> code block output), but *does not change the Org mode buffer* (even >> during export, *no results are inserted* into the exported >> document). >> (default for Org and Screen code blocks) >> >> - :results none :: >> Silents the results, even for the minibuffer. By definition, such >> a code block is run for its side effects. >> >> [1] https://github.com/fniessen/refcard-org-babel > > That looks nice! Thanks. Fabrice -- Fabrice Niessen Leuven, Belgium http://www.pirilampo.org/