* org-element-at-point and special blocks
@ 2015-12-09 18:04 Rasmus
2015-12-10 6:34 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Rasmus @ 2015-12-09 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi,
Is there a reason why org-element-at-point reports the type to be a
paragraph for special blocks? E.g. in the examples at the bottom of this
mail, where | is the cursor, the types are: export-block, src-block and
paragraph with a nested special block.
Is there a neat way to detect if point is inside a block? I’m trying to
write a function for structures (e.g. #+begin_latex) that works like
org-babel-demarcate-block.
Thanks,
Rasmus
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
|
#+END_LaTeX
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
|
#+END_SRC
#+begin_abstract
|
#+end_abstract
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* Re: org-element-at-point and special blocks
2015-12-09 18:04 org-element-at-point and special blocks Rasmus
@ 2015-12-10 6:34 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-12-10 15:48 ` Rasmus
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2015-12-10 6:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rasmus; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hello,
Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
> Is there a reason why org-element-at-point reports the type to be a
> paragraph for special blocks? E.g. in the examples at the bottom of this
> mail, where | is the cursor, the types are: export-block, src-block and
> paragraph with a nested special block.
This is a corner-case. `org-element-at-point' returns the closest
element at point, but prefers to see an empty paragraph than a special
block, for consistency. I.e., when point is within block boundaries, you
never return `special-block'.
> Is there a neat way to detect if point is inside a block? I’m trying to
> write a function for structures (e.g. #+begin_latex) that works like
> org-babel-demarcate-block.
(org-element-lineage (org-element-at-point) '(special-block) t)
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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* Re: org-element-at-point and special blocks
2015-12-10 6:34 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2015-12-10 15:48 ` Rasmus
2015-12-10 16:08 ` Nicolas Goaziou
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Rasmus @ 2015-12-10 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Nicolas,
Thanks for the helpful reply.
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>> Is there a reason why org-element-at-point reports the type to be a
>> paragraph for special blocks? E.g. in the examples at the bottom of this
>> mail, where | is the cursor, the types are: export-block, src-block and
>> paragraph with a nested special block.
>
> This is a corner-case. `org-element-at-point' returns the closest
> element at point, but prefers to see an empty paragraph than a special
> block, for consistency. I.e., when point is within block boundaries, you
> never return `special-block'.
Out of curiosity, why is it "more" consistent to return paragraph here?
>> Is there a neat way to detect if point is inside a block? I’m trying to
>> write a function for structures (e.g. #+begin_latex) that works like
>> org-babel-demarcate-block.
>
> (org-element-lineage (org-element-at-point) '(special-block) t)
That's very cool. Thanks.
Rasmus
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* Re: org-element-at-point and special blocks
2015-12-10 15:48 ` Rasmus
@ 2015-12-10 16:08 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2015-12-10 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rasmus; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> writes:
> Out of curiosity, why is it "more" consistent to return paragraph
> here?
Notwithstanding this case, if `org-element-at-point' returns
`special-block', you /know/ that you are either on block boundaries
(#+begin_special or #+end_special) or on any affiliated keyword above,
but /never/ within the block.
If `org-element-at-point' returns `special-block' here, you create an
exception, which you have to handle later on.
Besides, the truly empty contents are
#+begin_special
#+end_special
therefore, I'm not shocked if
#+begin_special
#+end_special
is a special block with an empty paragraph instead.
Regards,
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