Re: [O] [ANN] ASCII back-end for new export engine

[Martyn Jago]

Hi

Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:


[...]

>> 1) The commented out `# :exports both' appears to be exported as
>> uncommented and relevant (actually, this appears to be true of the
>> original exporter too).
>
> I cannot reproduce it. Anyway, see my comments below.
>
>> 2) If the source block is executed in buffer with (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c),
>> as shown above, then the exporter appears to export the in-buffer
>> results /and/ the export-generated results (where :exports is results
>> or both) resulting in two sets of identical results in the export.
>
> It's out of exporter's scope. When you ask to export some buffer, what
> is really parsed is a copy of the current buffer with
> `org-export-blocks-preprocess' applied to it.
>
> So, simply apply that function in your test buffer, and you will see
> what is sent to the parser. That will explain why the results appear
> twice.
>
> In other words, tweaking the output of `org-export-blocks-preprocess'
> will automatically change the outcome of the export process.

Ah yes, I see - thanks for the clear explanation.

Best, Martyn