On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 05:20, ian martins <ia...@jhu.edu> wrote:
> 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
Wonderful, thank you. I have been thinking it would be nice to have a test
suite along these lines, but detailed doc like this is more feasible and
maintainable.
When time permits I will work on adding Scheme to this page.
Best wishes,
Neil
