From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: bvchgvbt@mail.com
Cc: orgmode ml <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Getting the components of an item in a plain-list
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:50:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874jnm0xqi.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-0134c0c1-f29c-4fe2-af73-96a6cac9c38e-1685960318853@3c-app-mailcom-lxa03>
bvchgvbt@mail.com writes:
> If I have a plain-list element that looks something like
>
> ...
> I seem to be able to get the items from the list using
>
> org-element-property :structure
>
> (260 2 "- " nil nil nil 338)
> ...
> But if I try to use org-element-property on that, of course it
> fails because it's not an element, as I understand it, rather
> it's an object(?).
List structure is a semi-internal property, parsed using very old code,
not fully compatible with the rest of org-element API. Please check
`org-list-struct' and other functions in lisp/org-list.el to find how to
retrieve information about list structure. Or just not use it.
> Explanation:
> What I'm trying to do overall is to get the various details out
> of a list item that might look like:
>
> - State "DONE" from "NEXT" [2023-06-05 Mon 10:54] \\
> example
>
> So I'd like to be able to get the date of the timestamp (this
> isn't an absolute requirement, I'm happy enough to just using the
> current date), and the "example" text (which, obviously, isn't
> always "example"). If I have to use buffer-substring-no-properties
> and my car & car (above) then I will, but it would be nice to
> know there's an easier/better/more appropriate way of getting at
> what I want.
Here, you should better use `org-element-context' - it will parse on
object level, down to list items, paragraphs, and the containing objects.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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2023-06-05 10:18 Getting the components of an item in a plain-list bvchgvbt
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