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Re: Question regarding org-babel-eval and ob-erlang
From: |
Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
Re: Question regarding org-babel-eval and ob-erlang |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:38:22 +0000 |
Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de> writes:
> I see in the source code of org-mode, that `org-babel-eval' calls
> `org-babel--shell-command-on-region', but I failed to identify so far, where
> the
> portions of the code are, that are responsible for looking up binaries on the
> `PATH' directories.
In the nutshell, `org-babel--shell-command-on-region' does
</path/to/shell-file-name> -c <command>
You may try calling this from emacs via M-x shell-command
to investigate what is happening.
> I would like to create a merge request for `ob-erlang', fixing this behavior,
> possibly introducing a new defcustom, as someone mentioned in the above
> linked
> issue. I found the part where "erl" is in the code of `ob-erlang', but now I
> don't know how to proceed and whether it is really necessary, or there is a
> simple solution to make org-babel find the binaries on the `PATH' or
> `exec-path'.
>
> My goal is to make the project self-contained. I do not want to install
> Erlang
> system-wide and hard-code `PATH' or similar things. I intentionally use guix
> profile to have things local in the project directory. I am using guix
> profile
> instead of guix shell, in order to have a predictable bin directory, that I
> can
> add to `PATH'.
One way could be specifying full path to "erl", but I am not familiar
with ob-erlang and with Guix to suggest anything specific.
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