On 2012-08-14 07:10-0600, Eric Schulte wrote: > 'Mash <mash...@toshine.net> writes: > > > Morning, > > > > I just want to know if there is there exists a 'tidy' module/command > > that can be run on a file to tidy it? > > > > I often find myself going back and adding extra line breaks and > > padding, and wondering if there exists something that can do this for > > me? > > > > While this doesn't exist currently, it should be fairly easy to > implement a set of rules which operate over the parsed file > representation generated by org-element. This may be used to convert an > Org-mode buffer into an elisp list, manipulate the list, and then insert > the results as text back into a new buffer. > > The code could look something like the following > > ;; -*- emacs-lisp -*- > (let ((buf (org-element-parse-buffer))) ;; convert current buffer to ELisp > (dolist (rule cleanup-rules) ;; run cleanup transformations on the > buffer > (setq buf (funcall rule buf))) > (delete-region (point-min) (point-max)) ;; replace the buffer contents > (insert (org-element-interpret-data buf))) ;; with the cleaned results > > The only catch would be deciding what to add to the cleanup-rules. > > Also, since Org-mode is plain text, I bet a couple of lines of sed or > perl could get you most of the way to a clean buffer.
Thanks, I need to spend some time to look at rules. But my most common clean-up is really just adding some spacing/padding for example. Would be handy to implement in a save-hook along with org-sort. --- cluttered --- * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ** TODO consectetuer adipiscing elit Sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. SCHEDULED: <2012-08-09 Thu 20:30> ** TODO quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper SCHEDULED: <2012-08-08 Wed 10:30> Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. ** TODO Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam... --- tidier --- * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ** TODO quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper SCHEDULED: <2012-08-08 Wed 10:30> Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. ** TODO consectetuer adipiscing elit SCHEDULED: <2012-08-09 Thu 20:30> Sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. ** TODO Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam...