I think the answer may be something like:

(shell-command-to-string (concat=C2=A0 "pandoc -f html -t org &= lt;<< '"=C2=A0 :html "'" )

Though= I'm not quite sure how to go about it just yet.=C2=A0

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 3:5= 0 PM, Tory S. Anderson <torys.anderson@gmail.com> wro= te:

man pandoc will be your friend. It gu= ided me to the following simple (interactive) use:

pandoc -f html -t org
<b> how are you? </b>
<i> I am good </i>
*how are you?* /I am good/

I won't be able to help you much farther than that, though.

- Tory

Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com= > writes:

> That should be enough. I would need to feed a string form emacs to
> pandoc, then capture the output as a new string that can be output in<= br> > the export filter. Do you know how to do that part?
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Tory S. Anderson
> <torys.anderson@gmail.c= om> wrote:
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Using the magic wizard program Pandoc, I just had s= uccess with a
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0simple little example:
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0pandoc -o test.org test.html
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Input test.html:
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<html>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<body>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<strong>TEST strong!</strong>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<div class=3D'table'>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<div class=3D'cell'>Cell 1</div>= ;
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<div class=3D'cell'>Cell 2</div>= ;
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<div class=3D'cell'>Cell 3</div>= ;
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<div class=3D'cell'>Cell 4</div>= ;
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0</div>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0</body>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0</html>
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Output test.org:
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0*TEST strong!*
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cell 1
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cell 2
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cell 3
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Cell 4
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I'm not sure how sophisticated the strings you = are dealing with,
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0but pandoc might do the trick for you.
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- Tory
>
>
>
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> Hmm,
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> Looks like I asked this about a year ago and d= idn't follow up on
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0it.
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> Does anyone know a way to generate org-mode sy= ntax from an html
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> string? I would like to extend zotxt slightly = (see my last post)
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0and
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> at present zotxt can pull citations 7 bibliogr= aphy entries from
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Zotero
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> only in plain-text and HTML form. The plaintex= t form loses
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> information, so I would like to translate the = HTML into org-mode
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> syntax.
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> Since this would have to happen in the context= of an
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> (org-add-link-type )
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> invocation, it would be best if this could be = done directly in
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0emacs
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> somehow...
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> Thanks as always,
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> Matt
>

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