Re: Using a code block as input to another code block

[Mike Gauland <mikelygee@gmail.com>]

As far as I know, referencing a code block this way uses the results of 
executing the block as the variable, not the contents of the block.

On 22/11/2020 11:30 am, Magnus Therning wrote:
> I know I can use an example block (literal example) as input to a code
> block, but I haven't found a way to fontify examples. Since my input is
> code (JSON, and various programming languages) I would really like to
> have that, as well as the language's mode when editing by using
> ~org-edit-source-code~.
>
> A code block gives me fontification, but I haven't found a way to pass a
> code block as is to another code block.
>
> For instance, something like this:
>
> #+name: code-input
> #+begin_src C
> #include <foo.h>
> #+end_src
>
> #+begin_src bash :var input=input :results verbatim
> cat <<EOF | cpp
> ${input}
> EOF
> #+end_src
>
> What are my options? I hope there's either a way to fontify an example,
> or to override the default execute function for a code block, or
> something else that I'm not thinking of.
>
> /M
>
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>
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