Re: Automatic noexport tag based on rules?

From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Automatic noexport tag based on rules?
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:33:25 -0600	[thread overview]
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Feb 9, 2011, at 1:29 AM, John Hendy wrote:
>
> An alternative to using the :noexport: tag, and also to
> the other suggestions given here in this thread would
> be to use `org-map-entries' to physically remove all
> subtrees which match your condition.

And this physically removes the TODOs from the "blob" being exported, not
from my .org files, right? If so, perhaps that would be an option. Strip it
from the stream headed for export.

Thanks for giving the code.

John

> You can call the
> mapper from one of the preprocessing hooks:
>
> (defun my-export-remove-TODO ()
>  (org-map-entries
>  ;; The following form will be evaluated at each matching tree
>  '(progn
>     (outline-mark-subtree)          ; mark tree
>     (delete-region (point) (mark))) ; remove it
>  ;; Now the tags/property/todo matcher to select trees
>  "LEVEL<15+TODO={.}"
>  ))
>
> ;; Call this after other tree selection has been processed
> (add-hook 'org-export-preprocess-after-tree-selection-hook
>          'my-export-remove-TODO)
>
> The matcher includes a LEVEL<15 test to make sure this will
> not mess with inline tasks.
>
> Export preprocessor hooks are a good place for such tasks.
> Also Nick's proposal could be used in such a hook, but not
> the same hook as I have used above.  Maybe in
> org-export-preprocessor-after-include-files-hook.
>
>
> - Carsten
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> Or simply add the TODO category to the noexport category altogether?
>>
>> I haven't turned up anything quite along these lines. One post suggested
>> using "TODO keyword COMMENT" [1], but that just seems to perhaps exclude
>> from export (didn't try) but I know for sure it removes it from agenda view.
>> I want TODOs in agenda but don't want them showing up with my LaTeX export.
>> I typically print out my work to-date each month or so and have to comb
>> through my org file for that month, manually adding :noexport: to my TODOs.
>> Even if I still do this for a few things here and there... it will save me a
>> lot of time.
>>
>> I suppose I could keep a separate "TODO.org" file, but I really like the
>> process of being able to add them anywhere -- it seems more natural to do
>> that in the flow, particularly in meetings, than to constantly switch
>> buffers or even use remember to keep sending things related to the current
>> topic away to their own island.
>>
>> I'm 80% confident that the answer is ridiculously simply and I just
>> haven't searched the right thing. Thanks for enlightening me!
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
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