Could you add an option to disable evaluation of code blocks when exporting? If I have an org-file with many code blocks setup for evaulation (babel), when I export, I get prompted for every code block. Also the prompt does not clearly show which code block it's asking to evaluate.
One solution would be to have org-export-dispatch have an option at top which says whether or not to evaluate code blocks during export. It should be configurable to be on or off. I would suggest off as I see most of us running the evaluation as we write the code and not during export. I'm able to work around this issue by adding advice, e.g. (defun sb-org-export-dispatch-no-babel (orig-fun &rest args) (let* ((org-babel-default-header-args (cons '(:eval . "never-export") org-babel-default-header-args)) (result (apply orig-fun args))) result)) (advice-add 'org-export-dispatch :around #'sb-org-export-dispatch-no-babel) Thanks John Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.5) of 2019-09-22, modified by Debian Package: Org mode version 9.3.7 (9.3.7-dist @ /PATH/TO/org/install/emacs/site-lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-latex-listings 'minted org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-html-format-inlinetask-function 'org-html-format-inlinetask-default-function org-latex-default-packages-alist '(("colorlinks=true,linkcolor={red!50!black},citecolor={blue!50!black},urlcolor={blue!80!black}" "hyperref" nil) ("AUTO" "inputenc" t ("pdflatex")) ("T1" "fontenc" t ("pdflatex")) ("" "graphicx" t) ("" "grffile" t) ("" "longtable" nil) ("" "wrapfig" nil) ("" "rotating" nil) ("normalem" "ulem" t) ("" "amsmath" t) ("" "textcomp" t) ("" "amssymb" t) ("" "capt-of" nil) ("" "hyperref" nil)) org-odt-format-headline-function 'org-odt-format-headline-default-function org-latex-pdf-process '("pdflatex -file-line-error -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "pdflatex -file-line-error -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f") org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\301\211\207" [imenu-create-index-function org-imenu-get-tree] 2] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-odt-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-latex-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn _ CONTENTS)"] org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-link-file-path-type 'relative org-ascii-format-drawer-function #[771 "\207" [] 4 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS WIDTH)"] org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-odt-format-inlinetask-function 'org-odt-format-inlinetask-default-function org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("perl" . "pl") ("D" . "d") ("C++" . "cpp") ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el")) org-latex-image-default-width "" org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-open-link :export org-attach-export-link :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("eww" :follow eww :store org-eww-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("mailto" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("https" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("http" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("ftp" :follow #[257 "\301\300\302Q!\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 5 "\n\n(fn URL)"]) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp) ("doi" :follow org-link--open-doi)) org-latex-format-headline-function 'org-latex-format-headline-default-function org-latex-logfiles-extensions '("aux" "bcf" "blg" "fdb_latexmk" "fls" "figlist" "idx" "nav" "out" "ptc" "run.xml" "snm" "toc" "vrb" "xdv") org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-latex-format-inlinetask-function 'org-latex-format-inlinetask-default-function org-html-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"] org-latex-packages-alist '(("cache=false" "minted")) org-html-format-headline-function 'org-html-format-headline-default-function org-list-indent-offset 2 org-latex-minted-options '(("xleftmargin" "1em") ("breaklines" "true") ("fontsize" "\\small")) )