From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: generating org headings from a source block
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:57:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wptqg7k5.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAN_Dec8v-80hdRUvBiOuwmmWyLkda3qDr+VrMXNU8hyknXcSXA@mail.gmail.com
Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
> I would like to be able to insert into an org-buffer the text extracted from a pdf file. PDF-Tools (
> https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools/) provides some excellent tools for doing this. I've written
> (well, msotly stolen) a defun that finds all my highlights and returns them in the form of an org
> heading:
>
> (defun pdf-annot-export-as-org-heading (pdfpath)
> ...)
> -------------
>
> I'm sure it is very clumsy, but it sort of works. I would like to be able to call this function from a
> source block:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
> (pdf-annot-export-as-org-heading "/home/matt/HackingHistory/readings/latour-pandoras-hope.pdf")
> (pdf-annot-export-as-org-heading "/home/matt/HackingHistory/readings/historical-authority-hampton.pdf")
> #+END_SRC
>
> The results are close to, but not precisely, what I want:
>
> #+RESULTS:
> #+begin_example
> ** historical-authority-hampton
>
> ([[file:///home/matt/HackingHistory/readings/historical-authority-hampton.pdf]
> [historical-authority-hampton]], 1)
>
> In the Tudor palace at Hampton Court, there is a....
> ...
> #+end_example
>
> (a) I only get the last command, because I guess :results value only reports the final returned value.
> But :results output gets me nothing. What should I be doing?
Have two source blocks? Or use :results output and output the string with (princ string)?
> (b) the whole output is wrapped in an example block, which I don't want. Can I do something to fix
> this?
Maybe :results value raw or :results value verbatim - untested. I can
never remember the right combo off the top of my head.
> also, (c): I'd rather set the level of the org heading based on context. Can I do that when I call from
> a source block? Should I maybe be doing this some other way (e.g., jsut write an interactive function
> and call it with M-x? But I like being able to assemble all the readings at one go, if possible.
>
Pass the level as a parameter?
--
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-09 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-09 20:29 generating org headings from a source block Matt Price
2015-11-09 21:57 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2015-11-10 14:28 ` Matt Price
2015-11-10 16:16 ` Nick Dokos
2015-11-10 16:31 ` Matt Price
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