Re: [PATCH] lisp/ob-screen.el: Support ~:var~ header args for babel blocks

[Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com>]

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Hi Max,

On 2023-02-25 at 08:05 -08, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe, it is safer to define
> `org-babel-variable-assignments:screen' some way: alias, substitution,
> function that calls `org-babel-variable-assignments:shell'. I am
> unsure which variant is better. I see a couple of callers for specific
> language in ob-core.el.

How's this with a defalias?

  -k.


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From f7ca0258d72b3da5743b1134718b1d1f0d74491d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth D. Mankoff" <mankoff@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:40:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] lisp/ob-screen.el: Support var header args for babel blocks

* ob-screen.el: (org-babel-execute:screen): Parse header params
for `:var', then inject into screen session.

* etc/ORG-NEWS: Document as New Feature
---
 etc/ORG-NEWS      | 12 ++++++++++++
 lisp/ob-screen.el |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 87ecd77cd..0da686354 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ selection.
 TODO state, priority, tags, statistics cookies, and COMMENT keywords
 are allowed in the tree structure.
 
+*** ob-screen now supports :var header arguments
+
+The ~:var~ header arg is now supported.
+
+#+BEGIN_src org
+,#+BEGIN_SRC screen :var x=42
+,echo $x
+,#+END_SRC
+#+END_src
+
+
+
 * Version 9.6
 
 ** Important announcements and breaking changes
diff --git a/lisp/ob-screen.el b/lisp/ob-screen.el
index 269538e79..6e6a31ea6 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-screen.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-screen.el
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 
 (require 'ob)
 
+;; Reuse the variable assignment code from ob-shell
+(defalias 'org-babel-variable-assignments:screen
+  'org-babel-variable-assignments:shell)
+
 (defvar org-babel-screen-location "screen"
   "The command location for screen.
 In case you want to use a different screen than one selected by your $PATH")
@@ -55,8 +59,12 @@ In case you want to use a different screen than one selected by your $PATH")
   (message "Sending source code block to interactive terminal session...")
   (save-window-excursion
     (let* ((session (cdr (assq :session params)))
+           (var-lines (org-babel-variable-assignments:screen params))
            (socket (org-babel-screen-session-socketname session)))
       (unless socket (org-babel-prep-session:screen session params))
+      (mapcar (lambda (var)
+                (org-babel-screen-session-execute-string session var))
+              var-lines)
       (org-babel-screen-session-execute-string
        session (org-babel-expand-body:generic body params)))))
 
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