* Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files
@ 2009-03-15 3:37 Charles Cave
2009-03-15 8:35 ` Ian Barton
2009-03-16 18:28 ` Mark Elston
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From: Charles Cave @ 2009-03-15 3:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Over the last couple of months I have developed a Python module
to read an org-mode file and return the nodes as a list
of objects. The module is the basis of a Python/TK GUI
program to display a "Word of the Day" (another article
will be published about this program soon).
Here is the article (and source code)
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgnode.html
This is an example of what the module can do:
import Orgnode
nodelist = Orgnode.makelist("newgtd.org")
print "\n--------- PROJECT LIST ----------------"
for node in nodelist:
if node.Tag() == "PROJECT":
print "[ ]", node.Heading()
I hope the module is of interest to Python programmers!
Charles
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2009-03-15 3:37 Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files Charles Cave
@ 2009-03-15 8:35 ` Ian Barton
2009-03-16 18:28 ` Mark Elston
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ian Barton @ 2009-03-15 8:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
> Over the last couple of months I have developed a Python module
> to read an org-mode file and return the nodes as a list
> of objects. The module is the basis of a Python/TK GUI
> program to display a "Word of the Day" (another article
> will be published about this program soon).
>
> I hope the module is of interest to Python programmers!
>
Charles,
That looks very interesting. Amongst other uses it opens the way to
produce customized Web pages via mod_python, which in some circumstances
would be easier than tweaking the current org export function.
I have been experimenting with producing html exported pages optimized
for my Nokia N95. At the moment I detect the browser string and then
apply a different style sheet for the mobile version. However, this does
have limitations, apart from those arising from my lack of css skills.
Using mod_python I can produce completely different output depending on
the detected browser.
Ian.
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* Re: Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files
2009-03-15 3:37 Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files Charles Cave
2009-03-15 8:35 ` Ian Barton
@ 2009-03-16 18:28 ` Mark Elston
2009-03-17 1:22 ` Charles Cave
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From: Mark Elston @ 2009-03-16 18:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Charles,
* Charles Cave wrote (on 3/14/2009 8:37 PM):
> Over the last couple of months I have developed a Python module
> to read an org-mode file and return the nodes as a list
> of objects. The module is the basis of a Python/TK GUI
> program to display a "Word of the Day" (another article
> will be published about this program soon).
>
This looks interesting. I had started a thread about a month
ago dealing with reading and writing org files from an external
process. I already was extracting data from external sources
and writing these files but I didn't have a way of effectively
*updating* these files, only overwriting them. This looks like
what I was looking for to allow me to accomplish this.
The only thing better would be a way to use this package to
update the nodes and then write them back out. Hmmmmm......
Mark
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* Re: Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files
2009-03-16 18:28 ` Mark Elston
@ 2009-03-17 1:22 ` Charles Cave
2009-03-17 1:40 ` Mark Elston
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Charles Cave @ 2009-03-17 1:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Mark Elston <m.elston <at> advantest-ard.com> writes:
> The only thing better would be a way to use this package to
> update the nodes and then write them back out. Hmmmmm......
The changes to the package to write the node output out are...
1. A means of storing the org-mode preamble .. all the lines before
the first headline. Maybe this could be in a node with level 0
and headline of null. The bodytext of this object could be
the preamble lines.
2. A method to output a node in ord-mode format echoing the
** prefix, TODO tag, headline, tags, properties and body text.
3. The module currently discards lines beginning with #.
These should now be preserved.
I wouldnt imagine this being a great deal of work.
I will add this to my (very long list) of things to do!
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* Re: Re: Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files
2009-03-17 1:22 ` Charles Cave
@ 2009-03-17 1:40 ` Mark Elston
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Mark Elston @ 2009-03-17 1:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-orgmode
* Charles Cave wrote (on 3/16/2009 6:22 PM):
> Mark Elston <m.elston <at> advantest-ard.com> writes:
>
>> The only thing better would be a way to use this package to
>> update the nodes and then write them back out. Hmmmmm......
>
> The changes to the package to write the node output out are...
>
> 1. A means of storing the org-mode preamble .. all the lines before
> the first headline. Maybe this could be in a node with level 0
> and headline of null. The bodytext of this object could be
> the preamble lines.
>
> 2. A method to output a node in ord-mode format echoing the
> ** prefix, TODO tag, headline, tags, properties and body text.
>
> 3. The module currently discards lines beginning with #.
> These should now be preserved.
>
> I wouldnt imagine this being a great deal of work.
> I will add this to my (very long list) of things to do!
>
Actually, for my purposes, I think the problem is simpler. As these
files are automatically generated (and, eventually, updated) the
preamble is 'pre-defined' for each file. It could be written out
new each time the file is updated. So #1 and #3 are non-issues as far
as I am concerned.
#2 is, of course, the primary issue. I will probably need to deal with
properties as I get more involved in 'tweaking' my generators so I am
thrilled to see you already support them.
Mark
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