Re: Concatenate properties

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

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I like the variable idea. I would make it a concatenation string for
joining. That way “” would concatenate the way Tyler wants, “ “ would
preserve current behavior, and “,” could lead to a comma separated list for
example. Other things like “\n” might lead to a column, etc.

On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 1:32 AM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:

> Tyler Grinn <tylergrinn@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thanks for the advice. I've added the caret symbol (:EXPORT_FILE_NAME^:
> > assignment-1) to mean 'concatenate' as opposed to + for 'joining'. If
> > this is something the community would want I will clean it up and send
> > in a patch.
>
> Hmm. I am not sure if it going to be a straightforward patch. You may
> need to update org-element parser accordingly.
>
> Also, I do not like the idea of extending org syntax with :PROPERTY^:.
> It may be easier to introduce a variable similar to
> org-use-property-inheritance where the user can customise how to
> accumulate parent properties.
>
> Best,
> Ihor
>
-- 
John

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