[O] [PATCH] Better handling labels in source code blocks + A suggestion

[Bernard Hurley]

Hi all,

At present the value of org-coderef-label-format in a source code
editing buffer does not inherit its value from the value in the
corresponding org-mode buffer but instead, if it is not specified by a
-l option, defaults to the global value. Note that it is the value in the
org mode buffer and not the global value that is used for such things as
exporting so this can lead to inconsistent behaviour.

The following patch on org-src.el will fix this, and, as far as I can
tell, it doesn’t break anything else:

(N.B. I’m using org-plus-contrib-20160725 and Emacs 25.1.50.1)

========= snip=====
*** org-src.old.el      2016-08-01 13:23:35.596041600 +0100
--- org-src.el  2016-08-01 13:34:08.420047376 +0100
***************
*** 828,834 ****
  name of the sub-editing buffer."
    (interactive)
    (let* ((element (org-element-at-point))
!        (type (org-element-type element)))
      (unless (and (memq type '(example-block src-block))
                 (org-src--on-datum-p element))
        (user-error "Not in a source or example block"))
--- 828,835 ----
  name of the sub-editing buffer."
    (interactive)
    (let* ((element (org-element-at-point))
!        (type (org-element-type element))
!        (local-coderef-label-format org-coderef-label-format))
      (unless (and (memq type '(example-block src-block))
                 (org-src--on-datum-p element))
        (user-error "Not in a source or example block"))
***************
*** 862,868 ****
        ;; Finalize buffer.
        (org-set-local 'org-coderef-label-format
                     (or (org-element-property :label-fmt element)
!                        org-coderef-label-format))
        (when (eq type 'src-block)
        (org-set-local 'org-src--babel-info babel-info)
        (let ((edit-prep-func (intern (concat "org-babel-edit-prep:" lang))))
--- 863,869 ----
        ;; Finalize buffer.
        (org-set-local 'org-coderef-label-format
                     (or (org-element-property :label-fmt element)
!                        local-coderef-label-format))
        (when (eq type 'src-block)
        (org-set-local 'org-src--babel-info babel-info)
        (let ((edit-prep-func (intern (concat "org-babel-edit-prep:" lang))))
======== snip =======

After this you can do things like the following in an org-mode buffer,
so that the labels are embedded in comments and the code block will
still execute:

# Local Variables:
# org-coderef-label-format: "#(ref:%s)"
# End:

and you could write something like:

#+BEGIN_SRC ruby -r

instead of:

#+BEGIN_SRC ruby -f -l "#(ref:%s)"

which is quite convenient if you have lots of blocks

A Suggestion:
============

In addition it would be nice if there were some way of giving a default
value for org-coderef-label-format that depends on the language of the
code block it is associated with, but I’m not sure what the best way to
implement this would be.

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