good point, thanks!

Here is a new version that might fail some other way!

(defun canvas-org-get-heading-body ()
  "Return the body of the current heading up to the next heading."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (unless (org-at-heading-p)
      (org-previous-visible-heading 1))
    (org-end-of-meta-data)
    (buffer-substring (point)
     (progn (org-next-visible-heading 1) (point)))))



John

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On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:42 AM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Thanks! Here is what I am currently using:
>
> Note that your code may fail if there is an inline task in the body.
>
> Best,
> Ihor
>
> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > Thanks! Here is what I am currently using:
> >
> > (defun canvas-org-get-heading-body ()
> >   "Return the body of the current heading up to the next heading."
> >   (interactive)
> >   (save-excursion
> >     (unless (org-at-heading-p)
> >       (org-previous-visible-heading 1))
> >     (org-end-of-meta-data)
> >     (buffer-substring (point)
> >                     (progn (re-search-forward org-heading-regexp nil 'mv)
> >                            (line-beginning-position)))))
> >
> > So far it gets what I want. I am pretty sure I have reinvented this,
> > maybe even from code I wrote before... I couldn't find my answer on SO
> > or my blog though.
> >
> > Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> You may use something similar to org-quick-peek--get-entry-text from
> >> org-quick-peek package (https://github.com/alphapapa/org-quick-peek):
> >>
> >> (cl-defun org-quick-peek--get-entry-text (marker &key keep-drawers
> keep-planning)
> >>   "Return Org entry text from node at MARKER.
> >> If KEEP-DRAWERS is non-nil, drawers will be kept, otherwise
> >> removed."
> >>   ;; Modeled after `org-agenda-get-some-entry-text'
> >>   (let (text)
> >>     (with-current-buffer (marker-buffer marker)
> >>       ;; Get raw entry text
> >>       (org-with-wide-buffer
> >>        (goto-char marker)
> >>        ;; Skip heading
> >>        (end-of-line 1)
> >>        ;; Get entry text
> >>        (setq text (buffer-substring
> >>                    (point)
> >>                    (or (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))
> >>                        (point-max))))))
> >>     (with-temp-buffer
> >>       (org-mode)
> >>       (insert text)
> >>       (unless keep-drawers
> >>         (goto-char (point-min))
> >>         (while (re-search-forward org-drawer-regexp nil t)
> >>           ;; Remove drawers
> >>           (delete-region (match-beginning 0)
> >>                          (progn (re-search-forward
> >>                                  "^[ \t]*:END:.*\n?" nil 'move)
> >>                                 (point)))))
> >>       (unless keep-planning
> >>         (goto-char (point-min))
> >>         (while (re-search-forward org-planning-line-re nil t)
> >>           ;; Remove planning line
> >>           (kill-whole-line)))
> >>       (setq text (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max))))
> >>     (-reduce-r #'funcall (reverse (cons text (cons #'identity
> org-quick-peek-filter-functions))))))
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Ihor
> >>
> >> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> >>
> >>> Hi everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to get the body of a heading up to the next subheading. For
> >>> example with this org file,
> >>>
> >>> * quiz one
> >>>
> >>> This is the description.
> >>> Use emacs for this.
> >>>
> >>> ** question 1
> >>> what is 40 + 2
> >>>
> >>> If the point is in the first heading, I want to run a function that
> would
> >>> return the string "This is the description.\nUse emacs for this."
> >>>
> >>> I thought there was a simple way to do that, but so far it has eluded
> my
> >>> google fu. Any hints?
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>> -----------------------------------
> >>> Professor John Kitchin
> >>> Doherty Hall A207F
> >>> Department of Chemical Engineering
> >>> Carnegie Mellon University
> >>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> >>> 412-268-7803
> >>> @johnkitchin
> >>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
> >
> >
> > --
> > Professor John Kitchin
> > Doherty Hall A207F
> > Department of Chemical Engineering
> > Carnegie Mellon University
> > Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> > 412-268-7803
> > @johnkitchin
> > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko,
> PhD,
> Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano)
> State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong
> University, Xi'an, China
> Email: yantar92@gmail.com, ihor_radchenko@alumni.sutd.edu.sg
>