Perfect!  Thanks on both counts.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 18:05, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> There are a variety of ways to convert lists to strings, look at the
> `format' function for printing any elisp value to a string.  You can
> also use something like the following to convert a list to a string
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>  (mapconcat (lambda (el) (format "%S" el)) '(1 2 3 4 5 6) "\t")
> #+end_src
>
> >
> > 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?
> >
>
> You can use the inline code syntax for very small blocks, e.g.
>
>  src_emacs-lisp{(tagged "foo")}
>
> See http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-of-code-blocks.html
>
> Cheers -- Eric
>