Re: [BUG] Consider replacing bachload with batch in ob-maxima. [9.6.6 (release_9.6.6 @ /usr/share/emacs/30.0.50/lisp/org/)]

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Lockywolf <for_org-bugs_2023-09-01@lockywolf.net> writes:

> At the moment, ob-maxima has a straightforward way of evaluating
> babel blocks,
>
> #+begin_src shell
> maxima --very-quiet -r batchload\(\"/tmp/ob-maximaFOOBAR.mac\"\)\$
> #+end_src
> (line 87 of ob-maxima.el),
>
> I suggest replacing batchload with batch(), and changing line 73 from
> "gnuplot_close ()$" to 	"gnuplot_close ()$ \nquit();"
>
> The difference between "batch" and "batchload" is that "batch" can
> process :lisp expressions in addition to maxima's own, and it prints
> input/output labels. However, it is possible to customise label printing
> from maxima's own code, and being able to evaluate :lisp just seems
> uncontrovercially good.
>
> It might be that I am missing something, but batch seems a better fit
> for Org-Babel.

May you please explain more about :lisp expressions?

Also, what is the benefit/downside of printing input/output labels? Is
there any chance they will be caught into the source block output? If
so, it would be a breaking change.

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