Re: [O] Bug: babel: results switch (output vs. value) has no or wrong effect for sh source block [7.7 (release_7.7.107.g7a82)]

[Eric Schulte]

Achim Gratz <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Brand <address@hidden> writes:
>> If the shell is a special case for babel anyway, why not something
>> like the following?
>
> Ehm, no.  But I think that it would be generally useful (not just for
> shell blocks) to be able to capture stderr, either together with stdout
> or separately into a result target block and have the return status
> available as a variable (although that does not work for consecutive
> invocations in a session).
>

Hmm, I do think that a ":results stderr" option could be useful, however
this would not be a trivial implementation as it may require adjustments
to all of the language files.

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Eric Schulte
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