From: Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs@gmail.com>
To: Julien Palard <julien@palard.fr>,
"emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: TBLFM trying to create an infinite number of lines
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:14:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <638faf1b.050a0220.2bd96.904b@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2zTa6DZP2X4XgNcATJ5SszRQPZRoFqQwKxMGTtl6-qtMw9ycjqbSRHmqjwXQRKwFHOPK-ThmFkYmOwu9Wf6JVvihTSHm7a2VIt3bgFJ2Exk=@palard.fr>
Julien Palard <julien@palard.fr> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I was playing with the idea of calling subprocesses from TBLFM (good idea or not)...
>
> ...and found that:
>
> | |
> #+TBLFM: $1='(shell-command-to-string "echo 42")
>
> Tries to build an infinitly long table (I have to interrupt it with C-g).
...
> Is that a bug or did I misunderstood something?
Same here with 9.6-pre (release_9.5.5-1096-gf83e45).
Like with:
| |
#+TBLFM: $1='(eval "\n")
IIUC, the command "echo 42" outputs a newline, newlines are not allowed
as in cell values.
So a workaround would be to trim the output:
| 42 |
#+TBLFM: $1='(string-trim (shell-command-to-string "echo 42"))
But, you should report it as a bug: org should raise an error, not enter
an infinite loop, generating an infinite amount of text.
Bruno
>
> I'm using Org 9.5.5 on emacs 28.2 on Debian.
> --
> [Julien Palard](https://mdk.fr)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-06 21:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-06 20:41 TBLFM trying to create an infinite number of lines Julien Palard
2022-12-06 21:14 ` Bruno Barbier [this message]
2022-12-07 14:03 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-07 14:12 ` Julien Palard
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