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* getting item information in an export filter?
@ 2020-02-03 14:15 John Kitchin
  2020-02-03 16:05 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Kitchin @ 2020-02-03 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: org-mode-email

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In
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/55231/org-mode-export-html-add-name-attirbute-to-checkbox-input

there was a question about modifying a checkbox export. I wrote an answer
using a custom translate function in a derived backend, where I could get
the name of the parent list pretty easily.

It seems like that should also be possible in a filter, but I don't
understand how to find the parent list in that case. I think it is buried
in the info.

Is there a general way to get to the org-element information for something
in an export filter function?

John

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Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu

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* Re: getting item information in an export filter?
  2020-02-03 14:15 getting item information in an export filter? John Kitchin
@ 2020-02-03 16:05 ` Nicolas Goaziou
  2020-02-03 21:13   ` John Kitchin
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2020-02-03 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: John Kitchin; +Cc: org-mode-email

Hello,

John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> In
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/55231/org-mode-export-html-add-name-attirbute-to-checkbox-input
>
> there was a question about modifying a checkbox export. I wrote an answer
> using a custom translate function in a derived backend, where I could get
> the name of the parent list pretty easily.
>
> It seems like that should also be possible in a filter, but I don't
> understand how to find the parent list in that case. I think it is buried
> in the info.
>
> Is there a general way to get to the org-element information for something
> in an export filter function?

No, there's no simple way to access the element. Filters, with a few
exceptions, are meant to operate on strings, not on the parse tree. They
are usual meant as a simple way to transform the output. I.e., they are
intentionally dumbed down.

You could however, use the parse-tree filter to modify the parse tree
before export.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

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* Re: getting item information in an export filter?
  2020-02-03 16:05 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2020-02-03 21:13   ` John Kitchin
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Kitchin @ 2020-02-03 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: John Kitchin, org-mode-email

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Thanks Nicolas!

John

-----------------------------------
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu



On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:26 AM Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > In
> >
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/55231/org-mode-export-html-add-name-attirbute-to-checkbox-input
> >
> > there was a question about modifying a checkbox export. I wrote an answer
> > using a custom translate function in a derived backend, where I could get
> > the name of the parent list pretty easily.
> >
> > It seems like that should also be possible in a filter, but I don't
> > understand how to find the parent list in that case. I think it is buried
> > in the info.
> >
> > Is there a general way to get to the org-element information for
> something
> > in an export filter function?
>
> No, there's no simple way to access the element. Filters, with a few
> exceptions, are meant to operate on strings, not on the parse tree. They
> are usual meant as a simple way to transform the output. I.e., they are
> intentionally dumbed down.
>
> You could however, use the parse-tree filter to modify the parse tree
> before export.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>

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