Re: [Orgmode] Commas in org source blocks

[Eric Schulte]

Jeff Horn <address@hidden> writes:

> The manual doesn't make explicit mention of org as a Babel source
> language. Well, it isn't listed in the supported languages, and an
> "org mode org source block" site search via Google didn't turn up the
> info I'm looking for.
>

There is support for Org code blocks, evaluation will generally result
in returning a modified (possibly exported) version of the code block
body.

>
> Basically, I tried using example blocks for a table I wrote, but noted
> that the key commands for org tables didn't work in the indirect
> buffer. Of course, I switched the example block to a source block, and
> specified "org" as the language.
>
> After editing in the indirect buffer, there are commas prepended to
> each line in the orignal buffer. These are not in the indirect buffer.
> Is this the intended behavior? See screenshot for reference.
>
>     http://cl.ly/4C7P
>

Yes, this is the intended behavior.  The commas protect your enclosing
source file from markup embedded in the org code block, otherwise a
top-level headline in the body of a code block could break outline
folding for the containing org file.

Best -- Eric

>
> TIA