Re: Is it possible to repeat a block of org-mode text on export, maybe with replacement?

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> writes:

> I don't know if this is beyond the capabilities of org-mode or not.
>  I'd like to have a block of text repeated multiple times with slight
> variations.  For the sake of the example, a numbered list:
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 1. this is the second line with %VARIANT% as the value
> 1. this is the third line
>
> When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with foo as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with bar as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with baz as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> I'm not sure how to go about this; I assume I'd use org-babel with
> source blocks that contain org-mode text or elisp or something.
>
> Of course if the right answer is I should write a python script to
> generate my org-mode text, well, that's OK too. :-)

Maybe something like this?

#+header: :var lst='("foo" "bar" "baz")
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :results raw value :exports results
  (mapconcat
   (lambda (--elem)
     (format 
      (concat
       "1. this is The first line\n"
       "2. this is the second line with %s as the value\n"
       "3. this is the third line\n")
      --elem))
   lst "\n")
#+end_src

#+results:
1. this is The first line
2. this is the second line with foo as the value
3. this is the third line

1. this is The first line
2. this is the second line with bar as the value
3. this is the third line

1. this is The first line
2. this is the second line with baz as the value
3. this is the third line

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports none :results raw 
  (org-export-as 'ascii)
#+end_src

#+results:
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  Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> writes:

  > I don't know if this is beyond the capabilities of org-mode or not.
  >  I'd like to have a block of text repeated multiple times with
  > slight variations.  For the sake of the example, a numbered list: 1.
  > this is the first line 1. this is the second line with %VARIANT% as
  > the value 1. this is the third line When exported, say as ASCII, I'd
  > like this: 1. this is the first line 2. this is the second line with
  > foo as the value 3. this is the third line 1. this is the first line
  > 2. this is the second line with bar as the value 3. this is the
  > third line 1. this is the first line 2. this is the second line with
  > baz as the value 3. this is the third line I'm not sure how to go
  > about this; I assume I'd use org-babel with source blocks that
  > contain org-mode text or elisp or something. Of course if the right
  > answer is I should write a python script to generate my org-mode
  > text, well, that's OK too. :-)

  Maybe something like this?

  1. this is The first line
  2. this is the second line with foo as the value
  3. this is the third line

  4. this is The first line
  5. this is the second line with bar as the value
  6. this is the third line

  7. this is The first line
  8. this is the second line with baz as the value
  9. this is the third line

  -- cheers, Thorsten

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten