If anyone is interested, here is a way I am using headers on special blocks: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2016/03/28/Another-approach-to-embedded-molecular-data-in-org-mode/
The org-source can be found here: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/org/2016/03/28/Another-approach-to-embedded-molecular-data-in-org-mode.org It is kind of interesting I think. Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Hello, > > John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > >> I am playing around with storing data in special blocks. For example, >> here is an example bit of "data" which is the CH4 (methane) molecule in >> SMILES format in a MOLECULE block. >> >> >> #+header: :format smiles >> #+name: methane-smiles >> #+BEGIN_MOLECULE >> C >> #+END_MOLECULE >> >> Is is legal syntax to put a header in like this? It works, as in it >> parses to >> >> (special-block >> (:type "MOLECULE" :begin 240 :end 323 :hiddenp nil >> :contents-begin 305 :contents-end 307 :post-blank 1 >> :post-affiliated 288 :header >> (":format smiles") >> :name "methane-smiles" :parent nil)) >> >> >> but I haven't seen any documentation for headers on a special block. > > Almost all elements accept HEADER affiliated keywords. They work the > same in every type of element but ATM, only source blocks make use of > them. > > In a nutshell, those locations are up for grabs. > > Regards, -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu