how to convert a non-org list to org headings

how to convert a non-org list to org headings

[Uwe Brauer]

Hi 

I have a file that contains a list as:


1.1 Funciones de una variable

1.1.1. Catálogo de funciones. Translaciones y dilataciones

1.1.2. Derivación

1.1.2.1. Optimización. Tasa de cambio

1.1.2.2. Aproximación de funciones

1.1.2.3.1. Interpolación vs. ajuste

1.1.2.3.2. Polinomio de Taylor

1.1.2.3. Ceros de funciones (método de Newton-Raphson)

1.1.3. Integración

1.1.3.1. Integral definida. Aplicaciones

1.1.3.2. Integral impropia

1.1.3.2.1. De 1.ª especie

1.1.3.2.2. De 2ª especie



Etc, that is a non org list but I would like to convert 
it to the corresponding headings

** Funciones de una variable

*** Catálogo de funciones. Translaciones y dilataciones

Etc, any idea how to do this in a quick way?

Regards

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Re: how to convert a non-org list to org headings

[Kaushal Modi]

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On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 11:17 AM Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a file that contains a list as:
>
>
> 1.1 Funciones de una variable
>
> 1.1.1. Catálogo de funciones. Translaciones y dilataciones
>
> 1.1.2. Derivación
>
> 1.1.2.1. Optimización. Tasa de cambio
>
> 1.1.2.2. Aproximación de funciones
>
> 1.1.2.3.1. Interpolación vs. ajuste
>
> 1.1.2.3.2. Polinomio de Taylor
>
> 1.1.2.3. Ceros de funciones (método de Newton-Raphson)
>
> 1.1.3. Integración
>
> 1.1.3.1. Integral definida. Aplicaciones
>
> 1.1.3.2. Integral impropia
>
> 1.1.3.2.1. De 1.ª especie
>
> 1.1.3.2.2. De 2ª especie
>
>
>
> Etc, that is a non org list but I would like to convert
> it to the corresponding headings
>
> ** Funciones de una variable
>
> *** Catálogo de funciones. Translaciones y dilataciones
>
> Etc, any idea how to do this in a quick way?
>

The method that I show below is quick but not robust. You'll need to review
all the replacements.

- Do query-replace-regexp [default binding: C-M-%]
- Search for [0-9]+\.
- Replace with *

Running that on your example gives:

=====
*1 Funciones de una variable

*** Catálogo de funciones. Translaciones y dilataciones

*** Derivación

**** Optimización. Tasa de cambio

**** Aproximación de funciones

***** Interpolación vs. ajuste

***** Polinomio de Taylor

**** Ceros de funciones (método de Newton-Raphson)

*** Integración

**** Integral definida. Aplicaciones

**** Integral impropia

***** De *ª especie

***** De 2ª especie
=====

You'll need to manually fix up the " *1 Funciones de una variable" and "
***** De *ª especie" lines.

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Re: how to convert a non-org list to org headings

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2022-07-06, at 17:31, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 11:17 AM Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a file that contains a list as:
>>
>>
>> 1.1 Funciones de una variable

No period after "1.1" above - makes things slightly more difficult.

> The method that I show below is quick but not robust. You'll need to review
> all the replacements.
>
> - Do query-replace-regexp [default binding: C-M-%]
> - Search for [0-9]+\.
> - Replace with *

This might be a bit overzealous if there are more numbers with a period
after them.  Another way would be to add ^\(\**\) at the beginning of
the regex (and a \1 in the replacement) and go through the file as many
times as there are nesting levels.

You could also try Elisp as the replacement - see
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Regexp-Replace.html,
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/evaluating-lisp-forms-regular-expressions
and
http://mbork.pl/2013-09-18_Selective_replacement_in_LaTeX_documents_(en) .

You could probably use keyboard macros, too - see e.g.
http://mbork.pl/2021-02-20_Using_keyboard_macros_to_emulate_query_replace .

Hth,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl

Re: how to convert a non-org list to org headings

[Uwe Brauer]

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> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 11:17 AM Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:

> The method that I show below is quick but not robust. You'll need to review
> all the replacements.

> - Do query-replace-regexp [default binding: C-M-%]
> - Search for [0-9]+\.
> - Replace with *

Thanks, I tried [0-9]* and that failed. 

Yours worked but I had first to fix some missing space and . 

thanks

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Re: how to convert a non-org list to org headings

[Uwe Brauer]

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> On 2022-07-06, at 17:31, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:


> No period after "1.1" above - makes things slightly more difficult.

Right, I repaired those manually before running queery resplace 

> This might be a bit overzealous if there are more numbers with a period
> after them.  Another way would be to add ^\(\**\) at the beginning of
> the regex (and a \1 in the replacement) and go through the file as many
> times as there are nesting levels.

Ah ok, but right now Kaushal's proposed solution is good enough for me

> You could also try Elisp as the replacement - see
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Regexp-Replace.html,
> https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/evaluating-lisp-forms-regular-expressions
> and
> http://mbork.pl/2013-09-18_Selective_replacement_in_LaTeX_documents_(en) .

> You could probably use keyboard macros, too - see e.g.
> http://mbork.pl/2021-02-20_Using_keyboard_macros_to_emulate_query_replace .

I thought about this, but usually I end up faster using a function (or
query replace) there was a time a liked keyboards macros, but now I find
them a bit dangerous.

Regards


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