From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using org-map-entries with org-export-before-processing-hook
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:29:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <876214g6tp.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87boaw25us.fsf@gmail.com
Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> I've attached a minimum org file that shows what I'm trying to do:
>> essentially to attach a hook to the export process that ends up calling
>> org-map-entries to make alterations to the file just before it's
>> exported.
>>
>> As I've got it now, the hook does change the org buffer, but those
>> changes are *not* reflected in the exported output. I can only guess
>> that somehow the export process is able to continue on before the
>> org-map-entries results are returned? Doesn't seem likely, but...
>>
>> This is actually kind of the opposite of what I'd like: to have the
>> changes *only* reflected in the export, and leave the original buffer
>> unchanged. On the other hand, I can see what thought and care has gone
>> into setting up a clone buffer for export (and I do need to rely on
>> buffer-local variables), so maybe an (undo) is my best solution for
>> returning the buffer to its pre-export state.
>>
>> But I would like the changes to show up in the exported file!
>
> The problem is not directly related to the export framework, but to its
> relationship with `org-map-entries'.
>
> If you use the following function:
>
> (defun before-export-test (backend)
> ;; (org-map-entries 'test-map "TODO=\"TODO\"" 'file)
> (while (re-search-forward "^\\*+ TODO" nil t)
> (test-map)))
>
> it should work.
>
> I don't know why `org-map-entries' behaves badly with export. Meanwhile,
> I suggest to not use this function for export hooks.
That'll work! Thanks for looking at this.
E
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-06 10:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-06 3:28 Using org-map-entries with org-export-before-processing-hook Eric Abrahamsen
2013-03-06 10:13 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-03-06 10:29 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2013-03-06 13:29 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2013-03-07 0:44 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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