Re: Help debugging R source code block output problem with :session

[Jeremie Juste]

Hello Jack,

> Thanks for volunteering to maintain ob-R.el :)
Thanks for the encouragements and the suggestions. 

I need will take some time to dive into the existing code but
I will definitely look into it and keep you posted.

I've also noticed a [1] bug waiting to be fixed.
[1] 
https://orgmode.org/list/71761E05-7D0A-4FEF-8BAF-4C776A2FC17E@health.ucsd.edu/

Best regards,
Jeremie 
On Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020 at 06:13, Jack Kamm wrote:
> Hi Jeremie,
>
> Thanks for volunteering to maintain ob-R.el :)
>
> I'm bumping this patch [0] to see if it could be merged into ob-R.el. It
> fixes some long-standing issues with prompt mangling for :session blocks
> with :results output.
>
> Elsewhere in the thread, Chuck had a suggestion [1] to allow :results
> value to be properly handled in remote sessions. It's not included in
> the patch, but worth adding separately IMO.
>
> It may be helpful reading the thread in full -- Chuck had several
> comments on ob-R that I found insightful, and may be useful for you to
> consider as maintainer. I'd highlight [2] in particular:
>
>> If you do decide to dig into solving this, please be sure that remote
>> sessions and graphical outputs are not broken.  test-ob-R.el does not
>> cover those cases.  In fact, it is pretty short, so there are probably
>> other things that could break without `make test' complaining.
>
> All the best,
> Jack
>
> [0] https://orgmode.org/list/87ft7t9wqk.fsf@gmail.com/
> [1] 
> https://orgmode.org/list/1E0046A6-1FAB-45B5-9B08-68FE1BE98180@health.ucsd.edu/
> [2] 
> https://orgmode.org/list/352C7149-743F-4944-ACA5-7A1242B5A3AA@health.ucsd.edu/
>