Re: [O] [BUG] src_blocks - :wrap blocks not being overwritten

[Carlos García]

Hi Chuck,

The `drawer' option is enough to "wrap" results, but it fails to provide the customizability that `special-blocks' offer. 

For example, `special-blocks' can be iterated with `org-element-map'. From the point of view of theming, wrapped results use faces, such as `org-block-begin-line' than can be nicely customized.

The bigger issue is that it "used to work". A few releases ago, wrapped results could be correctly replaced when using ":results replace". I was wondering if the change was intentional or a side-effect of something else.

Regards,

Carlos

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 4:24 PM Berry, Charles <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Oct 30, 2018, at 3:35 AM, Carlos García <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Chuck,
>
> Thanks for looking into this. How difficult/desirable would it be to create another block such as "wrap-block" for those blocks created with ":wrap"?

A `special-block' is a syntactic element. A `wrap-block' is not.


> That way, the needed change would be rather elegant:
>
> :line 2478 of ob-core.el:
> | ;; Possible results types.
> |                  '(drawer example-block export-block fixed-width item
> |                           plain-list src-block table wrap-block)
>
> What would the repercussions be if `special-block' is added to the list?
>

Few, I think. But except for those special-blocks that have defined actions they would be ignored upon export.

the `results' special-block would be ignored, IIUC.

I suspect what you want is a `drawer', which encloses results without further consequences that example blocks or export blocks impose.

HTH,

Chuck