stole a couple of moments to add discussion and a new TODO

org-babel.org

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #+TITLE: org-babel --- facilitating communication between programming languages and people
-#+SEQ_TODO: TODO PROPOSED STARTED | DONE DEFERRED REJECTED
+#+SEQ_TODO: PROPOSED TODO STARTED | DONE DEFERRED REJECTED
 #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:t
 #+STARTUP: oddeven hideblocks
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ would then be [[#sandbox][the sandbox]].
 #+end_src
 
 
-* Tasks [27/42]
+* Tasks [27/43]
 ** TODO support for working with =*Org Edit Src Example*= buffers [2/4]
 *** TODO optionally evaluate header references when we switch to =*Org Edit Src*= buffer
 That seems to imply that the header references need to be evaluated
@@ -322,6 +322,17 @@ languages which almost always produce graphical output should set
 results in the buffer.  Then if there is a combination of =silent= and
 =file= =:results= headers we could drop the results to a temp buffer
 and pop open that buffer...
+** TODO =\C-c \C-o= to open results of source block
+by adding a =defadvice= to =org-open-at-point= we can use the common
+=\C-c \C-o= keybinding to open the results of a source-code block.
+This would be especially useful for source-code blocks which generate
+graphical results and insert a file link as the results in the
+org-mode buffer.  (see [[* figure out how to handle graphic output][TODO figure out how to handle graphic output]]).
+This could also act reasonably with other results types...
+
+- file :: use org-open-at-point to open the file
+- scalar :: open results unquoted in a new buffer
+- tabular :: export the table to a new buffer and open that buffer
 
 ** TODO Finalise behaviour regarding vector/scalar output
 *** DONE Stop spaces causing vector output
@@ -1912,20 +1923,18 @@ This could probably be added to [[file:lisp/org-babel-script.el][org-babel-scrip
 (see [[* file result types][file result types]])
 
 
-* Bugs [17/24]
+* Bugs [17/23]
 ** TODO Allow source blocks to be recognised when #+ are not first characters on the line
    I think Carsten has recently altered the core so that #+ can have
    preceding whitespace, at least for literal/code examples. org-babel
    should support this.
-** PROPOSED make :results replace the default?
+** TODO make :results replace the default?
    I'm tending to think that appending results to pre-existing results
    creates mess, and that the cleaner `replace' option should be the
    default. E.g. when a source block creates an image, we would want
    that to be updated, rather than have a new one be added.
-** PROPOSED external shell execution can't isolate return values
+   
-I have no idea how to do this as of yet.  The result is that when
+   I agree.
-shell functions are run w/o a session there is no difference between
-the =output= and =value= result arguments.
 
 ** TODO non-orgtbl formatted lists
 for example
@@ -1958,6 +1967,23 @@ even a third"
    E.g. the pie chart example. Despite the save-window-excursion in
    org-babel-execute:R. (I never learned how to do this properly: org-R
    jumps all over the place...)
+   
+** PROPOSED external shell execution can't isolate return values
+I have no idea how to do this as of yet.  The result is that when
+shell functions are run w/o a session there is no difference between
+the =output= and =value= result arguments.
+
+Yea, I don't know how to do this either.  I searched extensively on
+how to isolate the *last* output of a series of shell commands (see
+[[* last command for
+ shells][last command for shells]]).  The results of the search were basically
+that it was not possible (or at least not accomplish-able with a
+reasonable amount of effort).
+
+That fact combined with the tenancy to all ways use standard out in
+shell scripts led me to treat these two options (=output= and =value=)
+as identical in shell evaluation.  Not ideal but maybe good enough for
+the moment.
 
 ** DEFERRED weird escaped characters in shell prompt break shell evaluation
    E.g. this doesn't work. Should the shell sessions set a sane prompt