I like the variable idea. I would make it a concatenation string for joining. That way “” would concatenate the way Tyler wants, “ “ would preserve current behavior, and “,” could lead to a comma separated list for example. Other things like “\n” might lead to a column, etc.
On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 1:32 AM Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tyler Grinn <tylergr...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Thanks for the advice. I've added the caret symbol (:EXPORT_FILE_NAME^: > > assignment-1) to mean 'concatenate' as opposed to + for 'joining'. If > > this is something the community would want I will clean it up and send > > in a patch. > > Hmm. I am not sure if it going to be a straightforward patch. You may > need to update org-element parser accordingly. > > Also, I do not like the idea of extending org syntax with :PROPERTY^:. > It may be easier to introduce a variable similar to > org-use-property-inheritance where the user can customise how to > accumulate parent properties. > > Best, > Ihor > -- John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
