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Re: consistent behavior across babel languages
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Tim Cross |
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Re: consistent behavior across babel languages |
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Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:05:57 +1100 |
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ian martins <ianxm@jhu.edu> writes:
> Something I've found challenging is the inconsistency between babel
> languages. It makes it difficult for a babel user to get a source
> block to do what they want, or for a babel developer to even know what
> correct behavior is.
>
> I'm not sure if anything can be done since changes will likely break
> existing behavior, but it's good to at least know what the rule is and
> where the exceptions to the rule are. To that end I started a page on
> worg [1] to document current behavior for actions taken across babel
> languages.
>
> [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/lang-compat.html
this is a great initiative Ian. First step in addressing inconsistencies
is documenting them. I will try to allocate time on the weekend to
review what you have and see if there are any I know of which you have
not included.
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Tim Cross