Re: [O] Source block processing changes

[Ista Zahn]

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ista Zahn <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Ista Zahn <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> Thank you, all is working as desired now! One small niggle: the
>>>> '::RESULTS:' and ':END:' strings are included in the exported html.
>>>> Not sure if this is intentional, but it seems to me that they should
>>>> be removed (or at lease given a class so we can hide them via css)
>>>
>>> That's because you're inserting a headline within a drawer, which isn't
>>> valid Org syntax. You cannot use a drawer for your specific use-case.
>>
>> Well, it works at the moment (I can live with the extra ':RESULTS:'
>> strings). So currently I _can_ use a drawer for my use case -- the
>> question is whether this is likely to break in the future.
>
> This is already broken. In Org syntax,
>
>   :RESULTS:
>   * Headline
>   :END:
>
> means a paragraph containing ":RESULTS:" text, then an headline
> containing a section with a paragraph containing ":END:" text. In other
> words, headlines have precedence over drawers.
>
> Expecting Org to recognize a drawer here is like playing with fire. You
> cannot know when it will burn you.
>
>> Another question is what is and is not allowed in a drawer? Is this
>> documented?
>
> A drawer can contain anything but a headline and another drawer.

OK, great. The ability to generate headlines from source blocks is not
crucial, I'll change them to plain lists.

 I'm not
> talking about properties drawer which is special. This is not explicitly
> documented.
>
>
> Regards,