FYI: You may find https://github.com/ndwarshuis/org-ml helpful.
Przemysław Kamiński <p...@intrepidus.pl> writes: > On 9/15/20 2:37 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 01:15:56PM +0200, Przemysław Kamiński wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> There's the org-json (or ox-json) package but for some reason I >>> wasn't able to run it successfully. I guess export to S-exps would >>> be best here. But yes I'll check that out. >> >> If that's your route, perhaps the "Org element API" [1] might be >> helpful. Especially `org-element-parse-buffer' gives you a Lisp >> data structure which is supposed to be a parse of your Org buffer. >> >> From there to S-expression can be trivial (e.g. `print' or `pp'), >> depending on what you want to do. >> >> Walking the structure should be nice in Lisp, too. >> >> The topic of (non-Emacs) parsing of Org comes up regularly, and >> there is a good (but AFAIK not-quite-complete) Org syntax spec >> in Worg [2], but there are a couple of difficulties to be mastered >> before such a thing can become really enjoyable and useful. >> >> The loose specification of Org's format (arguably its second >> or third strongest asset, the first two being its incredible >> community and Emacs itself) is something which makes this >> problem "interesting". People have invented lots of usages >> which might be broken should Org change to a strict formal >> spec. You don't want to break those people. >> >> But yes, perhaps some day someone nails it. Perhaps it's you :) >> >> Cheers >> >> [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-element-api.html >> [2] https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html >> >> - t >> > > So I looked at (pp (org-element-parse-buffer)) however it does print out > recursive stuff which other schemes have trouble parsing. > > My code looks more or less like this: > > (defun org-parse (f) > (with-temp-buffer > (find-file f) > (let* ((parsed (org-element-parse-buffer)) > (all (append org-element-all-elements org-element-all-objects)) > (mapped (org-element-map parsed all > (lambda (item) > (strip-parent item))))) > (pp mapped)))) > > > strip-parent is basically (plist-put props :parent nil) for elements > properties. However it turns out there are more recursive objects, like > > :title > #("Headline 1" 0 10 > (:parent > (headline #2 > (section > > So I'm wondering do I have to do it by hand for all cases or is there > some way to output only a simple AST without those nested objects? > > Best, > Przemek