Re: A tidy file maketh a tidy mind?

["'Mash (Thomas Herbert)" <mashdot@toshine.net>]

On 2012-08-14 07:10-0600, Eric Schulte wrote:
> 'Mash <mashdot@toshine.net> writes:
>
> > Morning,
> >
> > I just want to know if there is there exists a 'tidy' module/command
> > that can be run on a file to tidy it?
> >
> > I often find myself going back and adding extra line breaks and
> > padding, and wondering if there exists something that can do this for
> > me?
> >
>
> While this doesn't exist currently, it should be fairly easy to
> implement a set of rules which operate over the parsed file
> representation generated by org-element.  This may be used to convert an
> Org-mode buffer into an elisp list, manipulate the list, and then insert
> the results as text back into a new buffer.
>
> The code could look something like the following
>
>     ;; -*- emacs-lisp -*-
>     (let ((buf (org-element-parse-buffer))) ;; convert current buffer to ELisp
>       (dolist (rule cleanup-rules) ;; run cleanup transformations on the buffer
>         (setq buf (funcall rule buf)))
>       (delete-region (point-min) (point-max)) ;; replace the buffer contents
>       (insert (org-element-interpret-data buf))) ;; with the cleaned results
>
> The only catch would be deciding what to add to the cleanup-rules.
>
> Also, since Org-mode is plain text, I bet a couple of lines of sed or
> perl could get you most of the way to a clean buffer.

Thanks, I need to spend some time to look at rules. But my most
common clean-up is really just adding some spacing/padding for
example. Would be handy to implement in a save-hook along with org-sort.

--- cluttered ---
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet


** TODO consectetuer adipiscing elit
   Sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
   aliquam erat volutpat.
   SCHEDULED: <2012-08-09 Thu 20:30>
** TODO  quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper
   SCHEDULED: <2012-08-08 Wed 10:30>
   Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil
   imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.
** TODO Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam...

--- tidier ---
* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
** TODO  quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper
   SCHEDULED: <2012-08-08 Wed 10:30>
   Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil
   imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

** TODO consectetuer adipiscing elit
   SCHEDULED: <2012-08-09 Thu 20:30>
   Sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna
   aliquam erat volutpat.

** TODO Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam...