Hi Josh,
On 2019-03-10 at 23:37 +0100, Josh <jnf...@grauman.com> wrote...
> I am new to emacs and orgmode. I spent the last couple days reading
> most of the docs before diving in,
Welcome!
> but I didn't see anywhere how I could have a macro that instead of
> replacing the macro with lisp code, calls an external program instead.
>
> Something like:
> #+MACRO: func call /home/josh/mybinary $1
>
> {{{func(Text Argument)}}}
>
> and this would be setup to call an external program and the output of
> the program would replace the macro on export.
>
> /home/josh/mybinary "Text Argument"
I do wonder if you're asking an XY problem, especially after reading your
follow-up question about running an entire Org file through a pre-filter.
Why does it have to be a macro that you call? Why not #+NAME:'d Babel code
block, which can (presumably) run any program you want.
-k.
