From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lawrence Bottorff Subject: Re: Graph not hierarchical? Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:34:06 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87y51cpsd3.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d9e7f2f900e04f273a731 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47290) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEhFq-0003ow-QM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:34:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEhFo-00026E-An for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:34:10 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::234]:49518) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WEhFo-000269-2C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:34:08 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f52.google.com with SMTP id jt11so13593500pbb.11 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:34:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87y51cpsd3.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Lawrence Bottorff , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --047d7b5d9e7f2f900e04f273a731 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Org mode seems to lack data extraction/insertion. There's agenda view, but that's just one method. Obviously, you could use things like grep or other command-line Unix utilities, but being able to organize and extract based on your stuff being stored graph-aware would be nice, IMHO. Being able to traverse a graph data structure and do an add or read or whatever would be great, IHMO. You'd have the benefits of a database with all the good stuff about org mode retained. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Lawrence Bottorff writes: > > > Is there any way to have org mode simulate a graph structure rather than > > always a (folding) hierarchy? > > Sure: you could superimpose a graph structure using headline > properties. You could define CHILDREN, PARENT, NODES, NEXT, PREVIOUS, > ... types of properties entries and write emacs lisp code to process > these. Not sure what you want to do accomplish in the end, mind you... > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.3.50.2, Org > release_8.2.5h-608-g27a978 > --047d7b5d9e7f2f900e04f273a731 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Org mode seems to lack data extraction/insertion. There= 9;s agenda view, but that's just one method. Obviously, you could use t= hings like grep or other command-line Unix utilities, but being able to org= anize and extract based on your stuff being stored graph-aware would be nic= e, IMHO. Being able to traverse a graph data structure and do an add or rea= d or whatever would be great, IHMO. You'd have the benefits of a databa= se with all the good stuff about org mode retained.


On Sat, Feb 1= 5, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:<= br>
Lawrence Bottorff <= borgauf@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there any way to have org mode simulate a graph structure rather th= an
> always a (folding) hierarchy?

Sure: you could superimpose a graph structure using headline
properties. =A0You could define CHILDREN, PARENT, NODES, NEXT, PREVIOUS, ... types of properties entries and write emacs lisp code to process
these. =A0Not sure what you want to do accomplish in the end, mind you...
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: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.3.50.2, Org release_8.2.5h-608-g27a97= 8

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