Re: Separate Org file from Subtree

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

Change :EXPORT_FILENAME: an-interesting-article to :EXPORT_FILE_NAME:
an-interesting-article

Then,

C-c C-e C-s O o

should export to that file. I notice in the org export that the
properties are not getting exported, and even the headline is not
exported as the title though.

Here is a function that seems to do what you want.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defun export-subtree ()
 (interactive)
 (let ((fname  (concat (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_FILE_NAME") ".org"))
       (author (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_AUTHOR"))
       (title (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_TITLE"))
       (date (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_DATE"))
       (content (progn (set-buffer (org-org-export-as-org nil t t))
                   (buffer-string))))
   ;; warning you can delete something unintentionally
   (when (file-exists-p fname) (delete-file fname))
   (find-file fname)
   (insert "#+TITLE: " title "\n")
   (insert "#+AUTHOR: " author "\n")
   (insert "#+DATE: " date "\n")
   (insert "\n" content)
   ;; remove properties drawer. Kind of hacky.
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (re-search-forward ":PROPERTIES:")
   (setf (buffer-substring
          (org-element-property :begin (org-element-context))
          (org-element-property :end (org-element-context)))
           "")
   (save-buffer)))

(export-subtree)
#+END_SRC

simon@psilas.com writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I think I must be missing something.
>
> I have  a collection of articles in one org file (under separate
> headings). I can export these as a subtree using Org's normal export
> function as html etc., but I want to export the selected subtree as an
> individual org file using the properties under each heading.)
>
> In other words I want to export this subtree ...
> * DONE Article One
> :PROPERTIES:
> :EXPORT_TITLE: An Interesting Article
> :EXPORT_AUTHOR: Simon Jones
> :EXPORT_FILENAME: an-interesting-article
> :EXPORT_DATE: 2015-02-16
> :END:
>
> Article content ....
>
> into an Org file entitled 'an-interesting-article.org' that looks like
> this ...
>
> #+TITLE: An Interesting Article
> #+AUTHOR: Simon Jones
> #+DATE: 2015-02-16
>
> Article content...
>
> Can anyone help me with this? I'm very sorry if I'm missing something
> obvious.
>
> Simon.

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