* kill contents of a headline, but retain properties
@ 2015-08-07 12:44 Matt Price
2015-08-07 13:01 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Matt Price @ 2015-08-07 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode
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Hi,
I have a headline like this:
* Gradebook
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: gradebook
:END:
some content etc etc etc.
I would like to be able to replace the contents of that headline
automatically, but retain the properties. Howeve,r if for some reason the
properites drawer is there I don't want to accidentally search to the NEXT
headline and replace ITS content! -- so I don't want to just
re-search-forward ":END:". I tried this:
(org-open-link-from-string "[[#gradebook]]")
(kill-region (org-element-property :contents-begin (org-element-at-point))
(org-element-property :contents-end (org-element-at-point)))
But "contents-begin" of course starts at the beginning of the property
drawer. I thought "org-element-contents" might help me but it doesn't.
Any suggestions? Thank you!
matt
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* Re: kill contents of a headline, but retain properties
2015-08-07 12:44 kill contents of a headline, but retain properties Matt Price
@ 2015-08-07 13:01 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-07 14:21 ` Matt Price
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2015-08-07 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Matt Price; +Cc: Org Mode
Hello,
Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a headline like this:
>
> * Gradebook
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CUSTOM_ID: gradebook
> :END:
>
> some content etc etc etc.
>
> I would like to be able to replace the contents of that headline
> automatically, but retain the properties.
(org-link-search "[[#gradebook]]")
(delete-region (org-end-of-meta-data)
(progn (outline-next-heading) (point)))
You can also create contents with a dynamic block, which will replace
contents at each update.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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2015-08-07 13:01 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2015-08-07 14:21 ` Matt Price
2015-08-07 14:40 ` Rasmus
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From: Matt Price @ 2015-08-07 14:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Matt Price, Org Mode
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I have a headline like this:
> >
> > * Gradebook
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :CUSTOM_ID: gradebook
> > :END:
> >
> > some content etc etc etc.
> >
> > I would like to be able to replace the contents of that headline
> > automatically, but retain the properties.
>
> (org-link-search "[[#gradebook]]")
>
> (delete-region (org-end-of-meta-data)
> (progn (outline-next-heading) (point)))
>
>
Thanks for the wizardry, Nicolas. Very helpful.
> You can also create contents with a dynamic block, which will replace
> contents at each update.
>
> can you just provide a skeletal example so I understand better wha that
means? thanks so much!
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>
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* Re: kill contents of a headline, but retain properties
2015-08-07 14:21 ` Matt Price
@ 2015-08-07 14:40 ` Rasmus
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From: Rasmus @ 2015-08-07 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
> can you just provide a skeletal example so I understand better wha that
> means? thanks so much!
There's an example in the manual. Here's another example:
In org:
#+begin: thanks :pretext "We have received valuable comments from"
#+end:
The function:
(defun org-dblock-write:thanks (params)
"Reads THANKS file in same folder and format.
PARAMS can hold :filename, :keyword, and :prefix"
(when (file-exists-p (or (plist-get params :filename) "THANKS"))
(insert (or (plist-get params :keyword) "#+thanks: ")
(plist-get params :prefix) " "
(replace-regexp-in-string
".*?\\(,\\)[^,]*\\'" ", and"
(mapconcat
'identity
(remove-if
(lambda (str) (string-match-p "^\\s-*$" str))
(split-string
(with-temp-buffer (save-excursion
(insert-file-contents "THANKS"))
(flush-lines "^\\s-*$" (point-min) (point-max))
(buffer-string)) "\\s-*\n+\\s-*"))
", ")
nil nil 1)
".")))
You might want to add (org-dblock-update t) to some export hook.
Rasmus
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