thx for the tips!

when i try to run the source block :

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results silent
  (replace-regexp "^=[{]r \\([^}]*\\)[}]\\(.*\\)=$"
                  "#+name: \\1
  ,#+begin_src R
  \\2
  ,#+end_src")

#+END_SRC

i just get a nil in the message area. what am i missing?

thx

Z

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Charles C. Berry <ccberry@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, Xebar Saram wrote:
>
> thx phil
>>
>> the Rmd format is actually quite different than md so that conversion
>> didnt
>> go well
>>
>>
> I tried this
>
>         pandoc -f markdown -t org input-file.Rmd -o output-file.org
>
> then I opened `output-file.org' and put this src block at the very top:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results silent
>   (replace-regexp "^=[{]r \\([^}]*\\)[}]\\(.*\\)=$"
>                   "#+name: \\1
>   ,#+begin_src R
>   \\2
>   ,#+end_src")
>
> #+END_SRC
>
> When I execute that code block, all the converted code chunks become src
> blocks.
>
> This isn't perfect as chunk options are appended to the `#+NAME:...' line,
> but if you want to play with the regexp's you can probably get it to pick
> those out and put them on a separate line. Or just write another src block
> with another `replace-regexp' to fix those lines.
>
> With a little effort you can write a command file for `sed' to do what the
> code block above does and then pipe the pandoc output to that command like
> this:
>
> : pandoc -f markdown -t org input-file.Rmd | \
> : sed -f convert-chunks > output-file.org
>
> and you have an org document ready (or almost ready) to go.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Chuck
>
>