Hello, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> In > https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/55231/org-mode-export-html-add-name-attirbute-to-checkbox-input > > there was a question about modifying a checkbox export. I wrote an answer > using a custom translate function in a derived backend, where I could get > the name of the parent list pretty easily. > > It seems like that should also be possible in a filter, but I don't > understand how to find the parent list in that case. I think it is buried > in the info. > > Is there a general way to get to the org-element information for something > in an export filter function? No, there's no simple way to access the element. Filters, with a few exceptions, are meant to operate on strings, not on the parse tree. They are usual meant as a simple way to transform the output. I.e., they are intentionally dumbed down. You could however, use the parse-tree filter to modify the parse tree before export. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou