Re: [Orgmode] Re: Automatic noexport tag based on rules?

[Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>]

John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That is indeed an excellent solution if you want to add a tag for a
>> todo kw.  However, I wonder if there is a direct approach, where the
>> exporter simply does not export if it is a certain todo kw.  Is the
>> solution to have the exporter delete anything with that todo kw?  Or
>> is there a way to have it skip?
>
> I think that was Carsten's suggestion a bit back, but I'm not sure. I
> think I asked if it was just deleting as it channeled through the
> export function but didn't get a response. Looking back, though, I'm
> sure that's what it was and my question was probably a bit silly :)

You are correct. The export hook that Carsten provided deletes items in
a temporary buffer, not in your org files. In fact, you can use the
export hooks to do almost anything to this temporary buffers before they
are exported; your original org files will not be touched.

> And yes, I have turned this off as I find adding :noexport: to ever
> todo in addition to whatever tags I already use to ID the project/task
> is annoying and ugly. I've toyed with simply having a * Tracking
> headline at the beginning of each file where I dump todos via capture
> and track time and then having that have a top level noexport tag to
> take care of things. That's pretty much nice, but I still like todos
> created during meeting minutes or in the context of some other project
> notes to stay where they make sense rather than separating them from
> their location and putting them elsewhere.
>
> So.... I've got some solutions but am not quite happy yet. I should
> re-visit Carsten's solution to strip it on export. That would probably
> be the ticket.

Yes, that would be the easiest solution, requiring no additional
markup.

Best,
Matt