I would like to have a link that runs a Babel source-code block. Does Org-mode support running something from the library of babel in a link, or a source block via a file+blockname reference? A Hyperbole button would also be acceptable.
asked Jun 12, 2019 at 23:12
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You can easily define your own link type that runs source blocks:
(org-link-set-parameters
"run"
:follow #'org-babel-ref-resolve)
Afterwards a click on run:hello executes the source block in the following Orgmode file.
#+name: hello
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var n=1
(message "Hello. n=%s" n)
#+end_src
#+RESULTS: hello
: Hello
run:hello
[[run:hello(n=2)]]
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Hi @Tobias. Is it possible to also pass an argument in the link? For example
run:hello(n=2)? I'm not good enough with elisp to figure it out. Any help is very welcome.– AjnedCommented Apr 24, 2020 at 17:39 -
2@Andre I have edited the answer. The new version should also allow source block header arguments as you want to apply them.– TobiasCommented Apr 24, 2020 at 21:07
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Thank you. It works perfectly. I would never have been able to find the function
org-babel-ref-resolveon my own. Thanks again– AjnedCommented Apr 24, 2020 at 21:13
The usual way to do this is like this:
#+name: mysum
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(+ 5 5)
#+END_SRC
#+call: mysum()
#+RESULTS:
: 10
I am not sure what the point of doing this in a link would be, where would the results go for example?
You can make a link like this: [[elisp:(progn (org-babel-goto-named-src-block "mysum") (org-babel-execute-src-block-maybe))]]
which will jump to that block and run it.
answered Jun 12, 2019 at 23:55
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My goal is to create a dashboard for phone SSH sessions. Clicking on links makes it easier. Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 0:27