From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: exporting all org files to txt periodically Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:39:05 -0500 Message-ID: <8739ousuna.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37326 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pdwys-0004Mc-2R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:39:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pdwyq-0006IL-GX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:39:09 -0500 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:44765) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pdwyq-0006IE-De for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:39:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Carl Bolduc's message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:14:13 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carl Bolduc Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carl Bolduc writes: > Where I work, we have a powerful search engine that indexes all kinds > of files. It detects the converter to use based on the file extension. > It does not understand the .org extension. > > I would like to know how I could periodically export my org files to > txt, maybe through a command, to a specific location on my network. > This way, the search engine could index all my notes... Publishing provides a convenient way to export org files en masse: http://orgmode.org/manual/Publishing.html#Publishing You can publish as ascii by setting the publishing-function to org-publish-org-to-ascii. http://orgmode.org/manual/Publishing-action.html#Publishing-action Best, Matt