From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Filippo A. Salustri" Subject: Re: Re: manipulating the agenda from elisp? Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:00:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bp0h2z80.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016364d21c57cee7304a06b2924 Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59906 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q8FBQ-0007BZ-DK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:09:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8FBO-00078L-Vw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:09:20 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:53112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8F2n-00042g-Ul for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:00:26 -0400 Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so3869504wyf.0 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Bernt Hansen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --0016364d21c57cee7304a06b2924 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks to everyone for the hints and tips. It's much appreciated. Cheers. Fil On 8 April 2011 12:59, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On 8.4.2011, at 05:34, Bernt Hansen wrote: > > > "Filippo A. Salustri" writes: > > > >> Hi, > >> I'm thinking I might like to try some programming to do things to the > >> agenda from an elisp function. > >> I tried 'apropos agenda' but I didn't really see the kind of thing > >> I'm looking for. > >> What I'm hoping is for some way to iterate over each item in the > >> agenda, and be able to access the content of the item in some > >> structured way. > >> I think I've seen functions that can pull info like TODO state and > >> priority from the item under the cursor, so it's the iteration part > >> that I'm really interested in. > >> > >> Any advice? > > > > Hi Fil, > > > > I just found the B f code to execute an arbitrary function on marked > > entries in the agenda. Maybe this will help? > > > > This following code visits the marked entries and just displays the > > heading for the task. > > > > Mark multiple entries in the agenda with 'm' and then 'B f bh/test RET' > > should display the heading of each marked task in the *Messages* buffer. > > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > (defun bh/test () > > (interactive) > > (let* ((marker (or (org-get-at-bol 'org-marker) > > (org-agenda-error))) > > (buffer (marker-buffer marker)) > > (pos (marker-position marker))) > > (with-current-buffer buffer > > (if (org-mode-p) > > (save-excursion > > (goto-char pos) > > (message "%s" (nth 4 (org-heading-components)))))))) > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Also useful can be > > (org-entry-properties marker) > > Kind of slow for *many* entries, but perfectly good for a limited number... > > - Carsten > > -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salustri@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ --0016364d21c57cee7304a06b2924 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to everyone for the hints and tips. =A0It's much appreciated.Cheers.
Fil

On 8 April 2011 1= 2:59, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8.4.2011, at 05:34, Bernt Hansen wrote:

> "Filippo A. Salustri" <salustri@ryerson.ca> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm thinking I might like to try some programming to do things= to the
>> agenda from an elisp function.
>> I tried 'apropos agenda' but I didn't really see the k= ind of thing
>> I'm looking for.
>> What I'm hoping is for some way to iterate over each item in t= he
>> agenda, and be able to access the content of the item in some
>> structured way.
>> I think I've seen functions that can pull info like TODO state= and
>> priority from the item under the cursor, so it's the iteration= part
>> that I'm really interested in.
>>
>> Any advice?
>
> Hi Fil,
>
> I just found the B f code to execute an arbitrary function on marked > entries in the agenda. =A0Maybe this will help?
>
> This following code visits the marked entries and just displays the > heading for the task.
>
> Mark multiple entries in the agenda with 'm' and then 'B f= bh/test RET'
> should display the heading of each marked task in the *Messages* buffe= r.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--= -
> (defun bh/test ()
> =A0(interactive)
> =A0(let* ((marker (or (org-get-at-bol 'org-marker)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(org-agenda-error)))
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(buffer (marker-buffer marker))
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(pos (marker-position marker)))
> =A0 =A0(with-current-buffer buffer
> =A0 =A0 =A0(if (org-mode-p)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (save-excursion
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (goto-char pos)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (message "%s" (nth 4 (org-heading-compon= ents))))))))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--= -

Also useful can be

=A0 =A0 =A0(org-entry-properties marker)

Kind of slow for *many* entries, but perfectly good for a limited number...=

- Carsten




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Filippo A. Salus= tri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ryerson Univ= ersity
350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON
M5B 2K3, Canada
Tel: 416/979-5= 000 ext 7749
Fax: 416/979-5265
Email: salustri= @ryerson.ca
http://deseng= .ryerson.ca/~fil/
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