* sexp in org remember templates
@ 2009-10-26 22:06 Richard Riley
2009-10-26 22:25 ` Richard Riley
2009-10-26 22:31 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Richard Riley @ 2009-10-26 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Not being much of an elisp programmer and just returning to try and
integrate with org-learn a little :-
This
("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(format '%s' rgr/orig-word)
:VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(format '%s'
rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(format '%s'
rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!" nil bottom nil)
fails me by outputting:
,----
| * Learn TODO [Error: (wrong-type-argument stringp %s)] :VOCAB:
| :PROPERTIES:
| :orig: %![Error: (wrong-type-argument stringp %s)]
| :trans: %![Error: (wrong-type-argument stringp %s)]
| :END:%!
`----
both rgr/orig-word and rgr/trans-word are set as strings.
Q1 : can I use an elisp var directly as opposed to simulating a func like
above?
Q2 : What is wrong with the above? Whats wrong with that format of a
sexp?
Q3 : how can I specify in the template to auto schedule a TODO for "n"
days in advance?
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* Re: sexp in org remember templates
2009-10-26 22:06 sexp in org remember templates Richard Riley
@ 2009-10-26 22:25 ` Richard Riley
2009-10-26 22:31 ` Nick Dokos
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Richard Riley @ 2009-10-26 22:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> writes:
> Not being much of an elisp programmer and just returning to try and
> integrate with org-learn a little :-
>
> This
>
> ("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(format '%s' rgr/orig-word)
> :VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(format '%s'
> rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(format '%s'
> rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!" nil bottom nil)
>
> fails me by outputting:
Just to follow up to my own post I now see a ginle function call will
work e.g
("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(rgr/orig-word)
:VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!"
nil bottom nil)
Possibly me not knowing enough elisp but possibly also could support my
initial attempt? Thanks for any explanation.
>
> ,----
> | * Learn TODO [Error: (wrong-type-argument stringp %s)] :VOCAB:
> | :PROPERTIES:
> | :orig: %![Error: (wrong-type-argument stringp %s)]
> | :trans: %![Error: (wrong-type-argument stringp %s)]
> | :END:%!
> `----
>
> both rgr/orig-word and rgr/trans-word are set as strings.
>
> Q1 : can I use an elisp var directly as opposed to simulating a func like
> above?
> Q2 : What is wrong with the above? Whats wrong with that format of a
> sexp?
> Q3 : how can I specify in the template to auto schedule a TODO for "n"
> days in advance?
>
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* Re: sexp in org remember templates
2009-10-26 22:06 sexp in org remember templates Richard Riley
2009-10-26 22:25 ` Richard Riley
@ 2009-10-26 22:31 ` Nick Dokos
2009-10-26 23:04 ` Richard Riley
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2009-10-26 22:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Riley; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not being much of an elisp programmer and just returning to try and
> integrate with org-learn a little :-
>
> This
>
> ("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(format '%s' rgr/orig-word)
> :VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(format '%s'
> rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(format '%s'
> rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!" nil bottom nil)
>
> fails me by outputting:
>
At the very least, you need to avoid single quotes for quoting strings -
a single quote has a very special meaning to lisp in general: it inhibits
evaluation of the following sexp.
Try something like this instead:
("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(format \"%s\" rgr/orig-word)
:VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(format \"%s\"
rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(format \"%s\"
rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!" nil bottom nil)
However, no guarantees: when (or even whether) the format calls will be executed
(let alone whether they'll produce the correct result) depends on the
code that handles this construct. There have been a couple of questions
on the mailing list about such evaluations in the context of
org-remember-templates, and IIRC, Carsten had added an evaluation
mechanism there - see e.g. the thread at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/14521
and another thread referenced therein for some details. But I don't know
if this will do what you need it to do.
HTH,
Nick
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* Re: sexp in org remember templates
2009-10-26 22:31 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2009-10-26 23:04 ` Richard Riley
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Richard Riley @ 2009-10-26 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Not being much of an elisp programmer and just returning to try and
>> integrate with org-learn a little :-
>>
>> This
>>
>> ("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(format '%s' rgr/orig-word)
>> :VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(format '%s'
>> rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(format '%s'
>> rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!" nil bottom nil)
>>
>> fails me by outputting:
>>
>
> At the very least, you need to avoid single quotes for quoting strings -
> a single quote has a very special meaning to lisp in general: it inhibits
> evaluation of the following sexp.
>
> Try something like this instead:
>
> ("vocab"?v "* Learn TODO %(format \"%s\" rgr/orig-word)
> :VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(format \"%s\"
> rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(format \"%s\"
> rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!" nil bottom nil)
>
> However, no guarantees: when (or even whether) the format calls will be executed
> (let alone whether they'll produce the correct result) depends on the
> code that handles this construct. There have been a couple of questions
> on the mailing list about such evaluations in the context of
> org-remember-templates, and IIRC, Carsten had added an evaluation
> mechanism there - see e.g. the thread at
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/14521
>
> and another thread referenced therein for some details. But I don't know
> if this will do what you need it to do.
>
> HTH,
> Nick
Thanks for the info. In the meantime I had just created two functions
with no parameters to return the values and this worked.
Trying now to auto remember. I have some code like this:-
,----
| (defun rgr/context-babel()
| (interactive)
| (save-window-excursion(unwind-protect
| (let* ((default (region-or-word-at-point)))
| (setq default (read-string (format "Translate \"%s\" :" default) nil nil default))
| (when (length default) (setq
| rgr/trans-word (babel default nil t))(setq rgr/orig-word
| default)(org-remember nil ?v)(message "%s" rgr/trans-word))))))
`----
Thanks. I had already create two funcs to call so my template is now:-
,----
| ("vocab"?v "* TODO Learn %(rgr/orig-word)
| :VOCAB:\n:PROPERTIES:\n:orig:\t%(rgr/orig-word)\n:trans:\t%(rgr/trans-word)\n:END:%!"
| nil bottom nil)
`----
and the translate code I call does this:
,----
| ;;;###autoload
| (defun rgr/context-babel()
| (interactive)
| (save-window-excursion(unwind-protect
| (let* ((default (region-or-word-at-point)))
| (setq default (read-string (format "Translate \"%s\" :" default) nil nil default))
| (when (length default) (setq rgr/trans-word (babel default nil t))(setq rgr/orig-word default)(org-remember nil ?v)(message "%s" rgr/trans-word))))))
`----
and now I have my translate hot key auto creating VOCAB TODOs. The only
thing I need to know now is how to auto schedule them.
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