​That's a better solution indeed.​

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 4:27 AM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Friday, 22 Jul 2016 at 22:11, Nick Dokos wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > #  -*- find-file-hook: org-babel-execute-buffer -*-
> > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> > (defun handy-stuff(arg)
> >  (message arg))
> > #+END_SRC
> >
> > [[elisp:(handy-stuff "foo")][foo]]
> > [[elisp:(handy-stuff "bar")][bar]]
> >
> > will do that (but you get a question re. "safe" local variables when
> > you open the file). It also executes *every* code block in the buffer
> > which you might not want to do (although it does not matter in this
> > case).
>
> For the OP, instead of evaluating every code block, it is possible to
> evaluate just one code block.  I have:
>
> # Local Variables:
> # eval: (esf/execute-startup-block)
> # End:
>
> in my org file with
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   (defun esf/execute-startup-block ()
>     (interactive)
>     (org-babel-goto-named-src-block "startup")
>     (org-babel-execute-src-block))
> #+end_src
>
> and so only a block named startup will be executed.
>
> --
> : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.94.1, Org
> release_8.3.4-1049-g481709
>