At Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:24:23 +0200, Xebar Saram wrote: > > Dear Eric and org users > > i am a new(ish) org user and an avid cooker. i have started using > orgmodeas my recipe notebook and stumbled upon the old org-cook > thread. > Is there so documentation on this? do you still use it? > are there any other ideas/suggestions on using orgmode as a recipe notebook? > what i would mainly love is a way to "scrape" recipes off websites into org
Hi Xebar, I still use org to manage my recipes, but I don’t use the org-cook features. It was kind of a proof of concept, and I think it could prove useful, but it turns out I don’t often need to convert between units. I have been trying out the format described in [1]. I used to use a format like: Grate zest from 3 of them. Combine. Add: - 2 tbsp peanut oil - 2 chicken bouillon cubes, crumbled - 5 onions, thinly julienned - salt and pepper But the new one looks like: Grate zest from 3 of them. Combine. Add: | 2 tbsp | peanut oil | | | 2 cubes | chicken bouillon | crumbled | | 5 | onions, | thinly julienned | | | salt and pepper | | I think the table structure should make it easier to manipulate, change units, or create shopping lists. (But I create shopping lists by hand.) One hack I do use is the following function: (defun org-random-element () "Choose a random element from the buffer." (interactive) (let ((element-start -1) (count 1)) (while (not (org-first-sibling-p)) (org-goto-sibling t)) (save-excursion (while (org-goto-sibling) (setq count (+ 1 count)))) (org-forward-heading-same-level (random count)))) This chooses a random element from a list of headings. I use this to plan meals. I just keep running the function until I see something that I feel like cooking. Hope that helps! best, Erik 1. http://sachachua.com/blog/2012/06/emacs-org-grocery-lists-batch-cooking/ -- Sent from my free software system <http://fsf.org/>.