On Mon, Sep 12 2016, John Kitchin wrote: >> I was wondering if there is some sort of (semi)official API for handling >> org files programmatically. That's to say, is there a documented way for >> non-org Emacs packages to manipulate (the contents of) org files? > > None that I know of. A non-elisp lib would have to be able to parse the > org-files.
As you've already realised, I was asking about Elisp code that's not part of or intended to extend orgmode. >> Also, I was wondering if there's a way to hook into org-store-link. For >> a particular major mode, I would like to be able to define what kind of >> link is created when the user calls `org-store-link`. I looked at the >> source of `org-store-link` and it looks like the answer is no, but I >> thought I'd ask anyway. I could of course create the link myself and add >> it to `org-stored-links` but that feels rather hackish and I suspect >> will blow up in my face at some point in the future. > > You want to add a function to org-store-link-functions. The function > should check if it is responsible for creating this link (for example by > looking at the major mode). If not, it must exit and return nil. If yes, > it should return a non-nil value after a calling `org-store-link-props' > with a list of properties and values. Great, thanks! I looked at the source of `org-store-link', but this wasn't obvious to me. :-/ -- Joost Kremers Life has its moments
