So I was able to construct the following functioning bit of code from
someone else recent post:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :results output raw
(defun tagged (tag &optional scope)
 (let ((entries ()))
   (org-map-entries
     (lambda ()
       (add-to-list 'entries
                    (list (concat "[[" (nth 4 (org-heading-components))
"]]"))))
     tag scope)

   (sort entries (lambda (f s)
                    (string-lessp (car f) (car s))))))

(tagged "buy" 'agenda)
#+end_src

I have a few elementary questions I hope someone can bother to answer:

1. It seems that when org prints a list, it automatically formats it into a
table.  In lisp, what's a proper way of converting a list to a string so I
can have more control over the format?  My first attempts were unsuccessful.

2. I'd like to use Org's macros to replace

#+begin_src
(tagged "foo")
#+end_src

with

{{{(tagged "foo")}}}

but Org macros only expand on export.  Would it be feasible to change the
macro functionality and hook into file loading?  Or is there some other way
I can slim these down to be terse?


On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 22:46, Ido Magal <ido@idomagal.com> wrote:

> Excellent.
>
> Now that I see that it's possible, I'm struggling to find sufficient
> examples to help me understand how to go about writing the bits of lisp that
> would allow to me create useful blocks of org-mode code, such as a
> back-links block or a list of links to entries of a certain tag.  I'm
> lisp-illiterate but I was expecting that if it was possible then someone had
> already done it and that I could cut and paste my way to success.
>
> Do these examples exist?  Does anyone use babel to extend the functionality
> of the note organizing aspect of org-mode?  All of the babel examples I've
> found relate to manipulating content for export as opposed to enhancing
> organizational utility.
>
> Cheers and thanks again.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:42, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> >
>> > 2. Is it possible to manipulate or reference the results so that they're
>> not
>> > bound to a RESULTS block.  I'm finding all of the blocks of orgmode
>> > distracting and I'm trying to avoid and eliminate them as much as
>> possible.
>> >  I'm not used to it and they really impedes the readability of my notes.
>>
>> Yes, you can change the look of the results of code blocks, see the
>> results header argument for more information.
>> http://orgmode.org/manual/results.html
>>
>
>