babel: now able to reference links as results

contrib/babel/lisp/org-babel-ref.el

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ return nil."
 	    (case type
 	      ('results-line (org-babel-read-result))
 	      ('table (org-babel-read-table))
+              ('file (org-babel-read-file))
 	      ('source-block (org-babel-execute-src-block nil nil params))
 	      ('lob (org-babel-execute-src-block nil lob-info params))))
       (if (symbolp result)
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ of the supported reference types are found.  Supported reference
 types are tables and source blocks."
   (cond ((org-at-table-p) 'table)
         ((looking-at "^#\\+BEGIN_SRC") 'source-block)
+        ((looking-at org-bracket-link-regexp) 'file)
         ((looking-at org-babel-result-regexp) 'results-line)))
 
 (provide 'org-babel-ref)

contrib/babel/lisp/org-babel.el

@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ following the source block."
   (let ((case-fold-search t) result-string)
     (cond
      ((org-at-table-p) (org-babel-read-table))
+     ((looking-at org-bracket-link-regexp) (org-babel-read-link))
      ((looking-at org-block-regexp) (org-babel-trim (match-string 4)))
      ((looking-at ": ")
       (setq result-string
@@ -679,6 +680,21 @@ following the source block."
               (mapcar #'org-babel-read row)))
           (org-table-to-lisp)))
 
+(defun org-babel-read-link ()
+  "Read the link at `point' into emacs-lisp.  If the path of the
+link is a file path it is expanded using `expand-file-name'."
+  (let* ((case-fold-search t)
+         (raw (and (looking-at org-bracket-link-regexp)
+                   (org-babel-clean-text-properties (match-string 1))))
+         (type (and (string-match org-link-types-re raw)
+                    (match-string 1 raw))))
+    (cond
+     ((not type) (expand-file-name raw))
+     ((string= type "file")
+      (and (string-match "file\\(.*\\):\\(.+\\)" raw)
+           (expand-file-name (match-string 2 raw))))
+     (t raw))))
+
 (defun org-babel-insert-result (result &optional result-params info hash)
   "Insert RESULT into the current buffer after the end of the
 current source block.  With optional argument RESULT-PARAMS