[babel] ':file' argument does not work

[babel] ':file' argument does not work

[Max Flöttmann]

Hi,
I'm working with org-mode and babel to write annotated R-scripts. I include a lot of code blocks that should write their graphics to a file.
I'm usually using the :file argument for that, but on my Mac this doesn't work anymore.

A code block like this:
#+begin_src R :file Y2011_M07_T11_h11_m14_s05_plot.pdf :session test
      plot.Data(data)
 #+end_src

Should be sent to the session 'test' and should be wrapped in the code to produce a pdf. This wrapping does not work.
The result is a link to the file, but the file is not produced. The session does not show the wrapper code either.

I'm using Aquamacs 2.2 and Org-mode version 7.6 (release_7.6.1.gc51d).
Does anybody know a fix for this?
Regards,

Max

Re: [babel] ':file' argument does not work

[Eric Schulte]

Max Flöttmann <max.floettmann@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I'm working with org-mode and babel to write annotated R-scripts. I
> include a lot of code blocks that should write their graphics to a
> file.
> 
> I'm usually using the :file argument for that, but on my Mac this
> doesn't work anymore.
>
> A code block like this:
> #+begin_src R :file Y2011_M07_T11_h11_m14_s05_plot.pdf :session test
>       plot.Data(data)
> #+end_src
>

Hi Max,

The following alternative, which includes the ":results graphics" header
argument, should work.

#+begin_src R :file Y2011_M07_T11_h11_m14_s05_plot.pdf :results graphics :session test
  plot.Data(data)
#+end_src

Best -- Eric

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Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/