So, The way that I learned how to program in emacs lisp was mainly using two commands `elisp-index-search' bound to `C-h e' on my system, and most importantly `describe-function' bound to `C-h f'. With `describe-function' you can look at the source code of functions whose behavior you are familiar with, you can then copy portions of the code to your *scratch* buffer where they can be edited and evaluated with `eval-defun' bound to `C-M-x'. Now with Babel, instead of doing this in the scratch buffer you could do this in emacs-lisp code blocks in an org file, enabling notes and hierarchical organization -- it can be nice to have your noodling all collected in one file for later reference.
If you are going to do any serious work with lisp, I would emphatically recommend using paredit-mode, and becoming friends with the Sexp movement functions
| C-M-f | runs the command paredit-forward | | C-M-b | runs the command paredit-backward | | C-M-u | runs the command backward-up-list | | C-M-k | runs the command kill-sexp | | C-y | runs the command yank |
They allow you to manipulate lisp code on the level of logical expressions, the utility of which can not be over stated. As for working with Org-mode in particular, I'd recommend looking at the documentation and source-code of Org-mode functions with `describe-function', and then looking for how these functions are actually used in the Org-mode code base with `rgrep'. For a more structured learning experience, I've heard very good things about http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/, although I haven't used it myself. Hope this helps. Happy Hacking -- Eric Ivanov Dmitry <usr...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, can anyone give me a tutorial for org-mode programming and it's API. > I'm afraid there is no such thing as an org-mode api, the closest you could come would be grep -i defun org/lisp/org.el for a list of function names and their arguments, or run `describe-function' then type "org-" into the minibuffer, tab complete, and then search through the resulting function-names. > > I just read Eric Schultes module org-collector.el, but I can't > understand the code: how it is organized and how to write the elisp > for org-mode. > If you have any org-collector.el specific questions please let me know. > > Can anyone help? > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
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