Re: inserting files within remember templates

["Carsten Dominik" <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

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Nice!

Thanks you very much, Adam...

- Carsten

On 11/24/07, Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:42:55AM +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> > On 6 Nov 2007, at 11:39 PM, Adam Spiers wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 04:36:47PM +0000, Adam Spiers wrote:
> > > > This could easily be accomplished if remember templates allowed
> > > > syntax such as
> > > >
> > > > ,------
> > > > | * %T
> > > > | %(shell-command-to-string "grep 'last full'
> /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info")
> > > > `------
> > >
> > > OK, it turns out that this was easy to implement, and I think the
> > > patch is small enough that it could be accepted even though I haven't
> > > got around to sending back the copyright assignment form yet (sorry -
> > > this *will* happen at some point!)
> >
> > I'll take this patch, thanks.
>
> [snipped]
>
> > >There might need to be some debate about how to handle read errors in
> > >the case of invalid syntax.  Or perhaps some people already have
> > >`%(...)' within their remember templates for some really unusual
> > >reason, and don't want it interpreted?  Though in the latter case, one
> > >could argue that it might make sense to require `%' always to be
> > >escaped as `%%' if used literally, to be on the safe side.
>
> Here's a better version.  Differences:
>
>   - Supports insertion of the contents of another file via
> %[/path/to/file]
>
>   - Embeds any errors within the template, making it clearer that an
>     error occurred, and also exactly which bit of the template caused
>     it.  This also lets the user manually correct the error and finish
>     their remembering workflow before having to go back and fix the
>     template, which is much more in keeping with the "remember this
>     quick before I forget!" spirit of remember itself.
>
>   - Patches texinfo file.
>
>   - Respects Carsten's apparent preference for having indent-tabs-mode
>     set (though this may make the below patch's indentation look
>     strange due to the hard tabs).
>
> diff -r 09b1470ac170 org.el
> --- a/org.el    Wed Oct 31 09:46:35 2007 +0000
> +++ b/org.el    Sat Nov 24 14:39:51 2007 +0000
> @@ -12806,6 +12806,30 @@ to be run from that hook to fucntion pro
>           (replace-match
>            (or (eval (intern (concat "v-" (match-string 1)))) "")
>            t t))
> +       ;; %[] Insert contents of a file.
> +       (goto-char (point-min))
> +       (while (re-search-forward "%\\[\\(.+\\)\\]" nil t)
> +         (let ((start (match-beginning 0))
> +               (end (match-end 0))
> +               (filename (expand-file-name (match-string 1))))
> +           (goto-char start)
> +           (delete-region start end)
> +           (condition-case error
> +               (insert-file-contents filename)
> +             (error (insert (format "%%![Couldn't insert %s: %s]"
> +                                    filename error))))))
> +       ;; %() embedded elisp
> +       (goto-char (point-min))
> +       (while (re-search-forward "%\\((.+)\\)" nil t)
> +         (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
> +         (let ((template-start (point)))
> +           (forward-char 1)
> +           (let ((result
> +                  (condition-case error
> +                      (eval (read (current-buffer)))
> +                    (error (format "%%![Error: %s]" error)))))
> +             (delete-region template-start (point))
> +             (insert result))))
>         ;; From the property list
>         (when plist-p
>           (goto-char (point-min))
> diff -r 09b1470ac170 org.texi
> --- a/org.texi  Wed Oct 31 09:46:35 2007 +0000
> +++ b/org.texi  Sat Nov 24 14:39:51 2007 +0000
> @@ -4378,6 +4378,8 @@ insertion of content:
> %^g         @r{prompt for tags, with completion on tags in target file.}
> %^G         @r{prompt for tags, with completion all tags in all agenda
> files.}
> %:keyword   @r{specific information for certain link types, see below}
> +%[pathname] @r{insert the contents of the file given by @code{pathname}}
> +%(sexp)     @r{evaluate elisp @code{(sexp)} and replace with the result}
> @end example
>
> @noindent
>
>
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