> > On Tue, 4 Aug 2015, Tamas Papp wrote: > > > >> I would like to do the following: whenever I open the file in Emacs, > >> I would like to eval all the source blocks under the heading Setup. > >> > >> I have found org-babel-execute-subtree, but I cannot figure out how > >> to call it on the subtree "Setup" from a local eval. > > > > Name the first block in the subtree "start setup" (say). > > > > Then > > > > # Local Variables: > > # eval: (org-babel-goto-named-src-block "start setup") # eval: > > (org-babel-execute-subtree) # End: > > Thanks! I found that I can also assign an ID to the section, and then use > > # eval: (progn (org-id-goto ...some-id...) (org-babel-execute-subtree)) > > It looks like I need the progn for it to work reliably (don't know why). > > I am wondering if it would be possible to break a line in Local Variables, > but > > # eval: (progn (org-id-goto ...some-id...) \ > # (org-babel-execute-subtree)) > > didn't work. > [Cook, Malcolm]
Ditch the line continuation character. This works in my hands with emacs 24.4.1 to set foo to bar: # Local Variables: # eval: (setq foo # "bar") # End: > Best, > > Tamas