* mktemp for orgmode
@ 2018-03-17 16:15 Karl Voit
2018-03-17 22:54 ` John Kitchin
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From: Karl Voit @ 2018-03-17 16:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi, I sometimes wonder if there is something like mktemp[1] in
org-mode as, e.g., a built-in macro.
For example, PlantUML in orgmode[2] requires a file header argument to
write the image output to: ":file myoutput.svg"
In most cases, I really don't care about the output file and its
location. I just want to see it in my org-mode buffer and in various
output formats like PDF or HTML.
When I don't want to trash my org folder, I have to use ":file
/tmp/tmp.svg". The downside of it is, that this only works for
non-Windows systems because there is no "/tmp" on Windows.
Therefore, it would be cool to have something like {{{tmpfile}}} that
I could use in :file {{{tmpfile}}}
However, there is still an issue with this approach: what if I need
multiple separate {{{tmpfile}}} for, e.g., multiple PlantUML blocks
that are within the same heading and therefore get exported at once?
And: as a consequence, it would require {{{tmpdir}}} as well.
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/mktemp.html
[2] http://plantuml.com/emacs
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@ 2018-03-17 22:54 ` John Kitchin
2018-03-18 14:20 ` Karl Voit
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From: John Kitchin @ 2018-03-17 22:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Karl Voit; +Cc: org-mode-email
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Can you do something like:
#+BEGIN_SRC some-lang :results output org drawer :file (make-temp-file
"prefix-")
....
#+END_SRC
John
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On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Karl Voit <devnull@karl-voit.at> wrote:
> Hi, I sometimes wonder if there is something like mktemp[1] in
> org-mode as, e.g., a built-in macro.
>
> For example, PlantUML in orgmode[2] requires a file header argument to
> write the image output to: ":file myoutput.svg"
>
> In most cases, I really don't care about the output file and its
> location. I just want to see it in my org-mode buffer and in various
> output formats like PDF or HTML.
>
> When I don't want to trash my org folder, I have to use ":file
> /tmp/tmp.svg". The downside of it is, that this only works for
> non-Windows systems because there is no "/tmp" on Windows.
>
> Therefore, it would be cool to have something like {{{tmpfile}}} that
> I could use in :file {{{tmpfile}}}
>
> However, there is still an issue with this approach: what if I need
> multiple separate {{{tmpfile}}} for, e.g., multiple PlantUML blocks
> that are within the same heading and therefore get exported at once?
>
> And: as a consequence, it would require {{{tmpdir}}} as well.
>
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/mktemp.html
> [2] http://plantuml.com/emacs
>
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>
>
>
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