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When using Org-mode 8.2.10, setting the header-args property does not seem to work as expected with Common Lisp code blocks. The following does not tangle the code blocks in the file:

#+PROPERTY: header-args :tangle yes

Specifying the language explicitly, however, does work:

#+PROPERTY: header-args:lisp :tangle yes

According to the manual, header-args without a language specifier should work for all code blocks, not just those for Emacs Lisp (which is presumably the default, and what I have working in my init file).

Is this expected behavior, or a subtle bug?

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You need to refresh/activate the #+PROPERTY: line by invoking C-c C-c with point somehwhere in the line #+PROPERTY: header-args :tangle yes. After that, you should be able to call org-babel-tangle and have it work as expected!

This is not necessary if you use a property drawer, but is for the #+PROPERTY: line.

Keep in mind that this applies if you decide to change the #+PROPERTY: line too. If you change the line to #+PROPERTY: header-args :tangle no, those changes will not be registered even if you save the buffer. You will need to call C-c C-c again with point on the line for the setup to be refreshed.

I am not sure why #+PROPERTY: header-args:lisp :tangle yes worked for you when the other didn't, but I assume that things somehow got refreshed in the meantime, making it seem like one worked and one didn't.

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  • Interesting. This would imply that the buffer properties are cached in some way; I'm not sure what the purpose of that would be.
    – Tianxiang Xiong
    Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 21:31
  • If you are inclined to dive deeper into how this is implemented, you can start with the documentation and source code for org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c (which you are calling withC-c C-c in the #+PROPERTY line), and follow the rabbit hole wherever it leads.
    – elethan
    Commented Jan 8, 2016 at 21:49

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