On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Christian Moe <m...@christianmoe.com>wrote:
> On 10/21/11 11:12 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Christian Moe <m...@christianmoe.com >> <mailto:m...@christianmoe.com>**> wrote: >> > (...) > > 2. Allowing you to pass multiple buffer-wide arguments with :var. >> This could make a substantive difference in some applications. The >> following will work: >> >> #+BABEL: :var euro=1.3791 :var salestax=.15 >> >> The following will not, since it tries to set the same property: >> >> #+PROPERTY: var euro=1.3791 >> #+PROPERTY: var salestax=.15 >> >> >> I think it is a very important point, that the construct with :var >> still works - but as Eric only mentioned the *naming*, I assume that >> in the actual usage nothing changes. >> >> > Hi, Rainer, > > My point was that there is at least one (minor) case where properties are > not functionally equivalent to the BABEL line: You cannot pass arguments for > more than one variable buffer-wide, because you can't have multiple var > properties at the same time, and at present, one var property only sets one > variable. > So, using your above mentioned example, after the first PROPERTY line, euro=1.3795 and SALESTAX not set, while after the second one salestax=.15, and euro is unset? That would be quite bad. > > The behavior of properties has not changed. What has changed is the removal > of the BABEL header, whose colon (:var) syntax did allow you to set multiple > variables buffer-wide should you wish to. > To clarify: before, we could use #+BABEL and #PROPERTY to do similar things. Now the whole #+BABEL has been removed, and only the functionality from #+PROPERTY is left - correct? Rainer > > Yours, > Christian > > > > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
