Gary Oberbrunner <ga...@oberbrunner.com> writes:
> I don't know if this is beyond the capabilities of org-mode or not. I'd
> like to have a block of text repeated multiple times with slight
> variations. For the sake of the example, a numbered list:
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 1. this is the second line with %VARIANT% as the value
> 1. this is the third line
>
> When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with foo as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with bar as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with baz as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> I'm not sure how to go about this; I assume I'd use org-babel with source
> blocks that contain org-mode text or elisp or something.
>
The following Org-mode file.
#+Title: Example demonstrating repetition of a block of text
* Top
When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:
#+call: w/replacement(replacement="foo") :results list
#+call: w/replacement(replacement="bar") :results list
#+call: w/replacement(replacement="baz") :results list
* COMMENT Support
#+name: lines
1. this is the first line
2. this is the second line with %VARIANT% as the value
3. this is the third line
#+name: w/replacement
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var lines=lines :var replacement="rep" :results list
(mapcar (lambda (line)
(replace-regexp-in-string
(regexp-quote "%VARIANT%") replacement line 'fixedcase))
lines)
#+end_src
#+RESULTS: w/replacement
- this is the first line
- this is the second line with rep as the value
- this is the third line
exports to the following ASCII
__________________________________________________
EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATING REPETITION OF A BLOCK OF
TEXT
__________________________________________________
Table of Contents
_________________
1 Top
1 Top
=====
When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:
- this is the first line
- this is the second line with foo as the value
- this is the third line
- this is the first line
- this is the second line with bar as the value
- this is the third line
- this is the first line
- this is the second line with baz as the value
- this is the third line
Cheers,
>
> Of course if the right answer is I should write a python script to generate
> my org-mode text, well, that's OK too. :-)
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