Re: [O] No mention of ":results graphics" in docs on code blocks

[Thomas S. Dye]

Aloha Bill,

William Denton <address@hidden> writes:

> I just noticed there's no mention of the ":results graphics" header
> argument in the Org manual.
>
> This worg documentation about source code blocks and R does mention it:
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-R.html
>
> "If the value is :results graphics then 'base' graphics output is
> captured on disk, and a link to the graphics file is inserted into the
> Org Mode buffer (as is also the case with the graphics-only languages
> such as gnuplot, ditaa, dot, and asymptote.)"
>
> (It goes on to say ":results output graphics" is necessary with
> ggplot2 images, but that's no longer true.)
>
> I'm afraid I don't know enough about this header argument or its use
> elsewhere to offer a documentation patch, so I'm just pointing it out.

When I grep "graphics" in the Org mode lisp directory I see that
:results graphics is recognized by ob-core.el, but that the only
language that uses it is R.  I think this might be the reason :results
graphics is described with the R documentation and not in the main
manual. 

> Working with R code blocks in Org is great.

+1

All the best,
Tom

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