From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Document of org-map-entries Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:57:21 -0400 Message-ID: <8760ow9r8e.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87vawwx3db.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60173) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buiOe-0005sK-On for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:58:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buiOa-0002Vl-ND for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:58:15 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=51194 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buiOa-0002UZ-H8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:58:12 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1buiOG-0001sX-2b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:57:52 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org York Zhao writes: > Thank you very much Nick. > > (info "(org) Using the mapping API") was the first doc I read which has very little information on how > to use the "match" parameter.  (info "(org) Matching tags and properties") does have a lot more detail > though. > Understood - I like to give more complete information for two reasons: 1) I don't know what you have seen already, so maybe I can save an exchange or two on the list by being more complete - and if you have seen it already, no harm done. 2) Perhaps I'm fooling myself, but I like to think that somebody down the line is going to have the same question, and if gmane ever comes back :-), they might be able to search the list and find the information that they need without having to send an email to the list (or even if they do, somebody might be around who remembers and can do the search and reply with "See this message"). So no disparagement/offense meant at all, that is just my modus operandi. Regards, -- Nick