* Extract item body with drawers/properties
@ 2012-05-06 22:28 Christopher J. White
2012-05-08 9:53 ` Bastien
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Christopher J. White @ 2012-05-06 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Folks,
Is there a function to extract the body of an item minus all the
auxiliary information?
* Item
This is the text I want.
And here is the second line.
SCHEDULED: <2012-05-12>
DEADLINE: <2012-05-13>
:PROPERTIES:
:foo: bar
:END:
And it's conceivable there is more below drawers...
** Sub-Item 1
** Sub-Item 2
Basically I want a function that does the following:
(org-entry-get-text)
"This is the text I want
And here is the second line.
And it's conceivable there is more below drawers..."
Point is at "* Item" when this is called.
For one project (org-toodledo), I coded a version (see below) that pulls
out the drawers, drops properties SCHEDULED/DEADLINE/CLOSED, and pulls
off any indentation, and it works pretty well, although it is probably
not complete for all cases. However, I'm now working on extensions for
another project (org-taskjuggler) and want to again pull out the note.
I tried again to find such a function in the org source files, but I
just can't seem to find it.
Does it exist? If not, does it make sense to make my version below
workable for org-mode developers in general?
(Related, what is the right term for this block of text? Note?
Content? Text?)
Thanks
...cj
(defun org-toodledo-entry-note ()
"Extract the note for this task."
(save-excursion
(org-back-to-heading t)
(when (looking-at org-complex-heading-regexp)
(goto-char (match-end 0))
(let ((text (buffer-substring-no-properties
(point)
(if (re-search-forward org-complex-heading-regexp nil t)
(match-beginning 0)
(org-end-of-subtree t t)))))
(with-temp-buffer
(insert text)
;; Pull out DEADLINE / SCHEDULED / CLOSED fields
(dolist (str (list (regexp-quote org-deadline-string)
(regexp-quote org-scheduled-string)
(regexp-quote org-closed-string)))
(goto-char (point-min))
(when (re-search-forward
(concat "\\<" str " +[<\[][^]>\n]+[]>][ \t]*") nil t)
(replace-match "XXXX ")))
;; Drop any empty lines with only XXXX
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (re-search-forward "^ *\\(XXXX \\)+\n" nil t)
(replace-match ""))
;; Drop any remaining XXXX
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (re-search-forward "XXXX " nil t)
(replace-match ""))
;; org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers removed an argument
sometime around version 7
(if (>= (string-to-number org-version) 7)
(org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers org-drawers nil)
(org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers org-drawers nil nil))
;; Trim leading/trailing empty lines, but preserve whitepace
at the beginning of the line
(goto-char (point-min))
(if (re-search-forward "\\=\\( *\n\\)+" nil t)
(replace-match ""))
(goto-char (point-min))
(if (re-search-forward "\\( *\n\\)+\\'" nil t)
(replace-match ""))
(goto-char (point-max))
(insert "\n")
;; Finally, if this was indented and indenting notes, remove
indentation
(when org-toodledo-indent-task-note
(goto-char (point-min))
(when (re-search-forward "^ +" nil t)
(let ((str (match-string 0)))
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (re-search-forward (format "^%s" str) nil t)
(replace-match "")))))
(let ((s (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min)
(point-max))))
(if (string-match "\\(\\`[ \t]*[\n\r]+\\)+" s) (setq s
(replace-match "" t t s)))
(if (string-match "\\([\n\r]+[ \t]*\\)+\\'" s) (setq s
(replace-match "" t t s)))
s)
)
)
)
)
)
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2012-05-06 22:28 Extract item body with drawers/properties Christopher J. White
@ 2012-05-08 9:53 ` Bastien
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2012-05-08 9:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christopher J. White; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Christopher,
"Christopher J. White" <chris@grierwhite.com> writes:
> Is there a function to extract the body of an item minus all the auxiliary
> information?
Yes -- see org-element.el in contrib/lisp/ and ̀org-element-parse-buffer'
as a starting point. Nicolas might give further directions on how to get
the body text only.
> * Item
> This is the text I want.
> And here is the second line.
> SCHEDULED: <2012-05-12>
> DEADLINE: <2012-05-13>
Please put SCHEDULED: <2012-05-12> and DEADLINE: <2012-05-13> on the
line right after the headline "Item". It will produce unexpected
results on some commands right now.
> :PROPERTIES:
> :foo: bar
> :END:
I would also recommend putting this right below the SCHEDULED/DEADLINE
line.
> And it's conceivable there is more below drawers...
> ** Sub-Item 1
> ** Sub-Item 2
> Basically I want a function that does the following:
>
> (org-entry-get-text)
> "This is the text I want
> And here is the second line.
> And it's conceivable there is more below drawers..."
There is `org-agenda-get-some-entry-text' but you don't want to look at
it... because it's tuned for use in agenda only.
> Point is at "* Item" when this is called.
>
> For one project (org-toodledo), I coded a version (see below) that pulls
> out the drawers, drops properties SCHEDULED/DEADLINE/CLOSED, and pulls off
> any indentation, and it works pretty well, although it is probably not
> complete for all cases. However, I'm now working on extensions for another
> project (org-taskjuggler) and want to again pull out the note.
>
> I tried again to find such a function in the org source files, but I just
> can't seem to find it.
>
> Does it exist?
Not yet -- but building one from org-element.el is possible.
> If not, does it make sense to make my version below
> workable for org-mode developers in general?
Please have a look at what Aurélien is working on right now:
http://orgmode.org/w/org-sync.git
The purpose is exactly this: build a gateway between Org and
external services like toodledo. There is no support for toodledo
service in Aurélien's code for now, but I think there will be when
he will be done.
You might also be interested in org-x:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/45570
AFAIU, org-x ignores the content of a subtree, so this will not
help you that much -- but the idea of connecting Org with external
services is there.
> (Related, what is the right term for this block of text? Note? Content?
> Text?)
I'd call this the "contents" of a section. Note the plural form, as
each section can contain paragraphs, code snippets, etc.
HTH,
--
Bastien
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