From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephan Schmitt Subject: Re: [babel] Uses for :session buffers Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:44:03 +0100 Message-ID: <4AF1E793.2080205@cs.tu-berlin.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N5mhV-0004NQ-Fw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:29 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N5mhQ-0004Jt-P6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49972 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N5mhQ-0004Jn-M6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:24 -0500 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de ([130.149.17.13]:43877) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5mhQ-00045S-8v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:43:24 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost-12225.cs.tu-berlin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9741E334CB for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:43:21 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: Org Mode Mailing List Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha all, > > I'm trying to comprehend the possibilities created by org-babel, and > would like to draw on the experience of others if I could. > > I recently discovered the buffer created by :session. In my case, this > is an R session that I am building to track the data collection phase of > a research project. I was delighted to find that it appears to have > recorded everything my org file had done in that session. I have a > vague idea that it might be useful to save this as a log to prove that > all the little source blocks in my org file indeed were called and > executed successfully. > > I'm wondering: do other org-babelers use the :session buffer? How? For > what purpose? > Another advantage: you can set a variable in one source block and access it in the next one. Greetings, Stephan > Any tips or advice will be appreciated. > > All the best, > Tom > > Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.