[O] Re: [Orgmode] [babel] some lisp/slime progress
Hi Erik, I've had an opportunity to return to Babel support for common lisp recently. I just copied over the existing ob-clojure.el file to ob-lisp.el and changed the clojure/swank specific parts. The resulting file seems to work after some initial tests and is exceedingly simple. If this works for you as well, then I'd propose replacing the existing ob-lisp.el with this new implementation. Please let me know what you think. Thanks -- Eric ob-lisp.el Description: application/emacs-lisp Erik Iverson er...@ccbr.umn.edu writes: Then, things like the following work, where I assume you've already started M-x slime. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :session (defvar test1 test1 value) (defvar test2 test2 value) test2 #+end_src #+results: : test2 value Er, not emacs-lisp, just lisp... like the following #+begin_src lisp :session (defvar test1 test1 value) (defvar test2 test2 value) test2 #+end_src #+results: : test2 value ___ 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
[O] Re: [Orgmode] [babel] some lisp/slime progress
This newly attached version includes some slight improvements over the previous, namely, - support for declaring the CL package in which evaluation takes place - support for the :results output header argument - and better handling of non-elisp-parsable results. Best -- Eric ob-lisp.el Description: application/emacs-lisp Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com writes: Hi Erik, I've had an opportunity to return to Babel support for common lisp recently. I just copied over the existing ob-clojure.el file to ob-lisp.el and changed the clojure/swank specific parts. The resulting file seems to work after some initial tests and is exceedingly simple. If this works for you as well, then I'd propose replacing the existing ob-lisp.el with this new implementation. Please let me know what you think. Thanks -- Eric Erik Iverson er...@ccbr.umn.edu writes: Then, things like the following work, where I assume you've already started M-x slime. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :session (defvar test1 test1 value) (defvar test2 test2 value) test2 #+end_src #+results: : test2 value Er, not emacs-lisp, just lisp... like the following #+begin_src lisp :session (defvar test1 test1 value) (defvar test2 test2 value) test2 #+end_src #+results: : test2 value ___ 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
[O] Re: Using babel to generate a commit log
Eric Schulte schulte.eric at gmail.com writes: Since this could be generally useful would you be willing to add it to the library of babel (org/contrib/babel/library-of-babel.org)? That would be great. If so then if you could supply a few explanatory sentences, I'll add those and the code block to the library-of-babel.org distributed with Org-mode. This function will attempt to retrieve the entire commit log for the file associated with the current buffer and insert this log into the export. The function uses the Emacs VC commands to interface to the local version control system, but has only been tested to work with Git. 'limit' is currently unsupported. -Luke
Re: [O] [BABEL][BUG] Tangle incorrect with variables
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/03/11 22:17, Eric Schulte wrote: Hi Rainer, When I tangle this code block (just slightly reformatted for my own readability) #+headers: :var STATE=(vc-state (or (buffer-file-name) org-current-export-file)) #+headers: :var REV=(vc-working-revision (or (buffer-file-name) org-current-export-file)) #+begin_src sh :tangle yes rm -rf ./R rm -f ./spreadSim.sub REVISION=$REV.$STATE tar -xf nsa.$REVISION.tar.gz $HOME/R/R/R-2.12.0/bin/Rscript --vanilla -e source('./R/generateLatinHypercubeScenarios.R'); doIt() for SCENARIO in ./R/scenarios/*.R; do export SCENARIO=${SCENARIO#./R/scenarios/} qsub nsa.sub done #+end_src I get the following tangled output --8---cut here---start-8--- REV=$(cat 'BABEL_TABLE' master BABEL_TABLE ) STATE=$(cat 'BABEL_TABLE' edited BABEL_TABLE ) rm -rf ./R rm -f ./spreadSim.sub REVISION=$REV.$STATE tar -xf nsa.$REVISION.tar.gz $HOME/R/R/R-2.12.0/bin/Rscript --vanilla -e source('./R/generateLatinHypercubeScenarios.R'); doIt() for SCENARIO in ./R/scenarios/*.R; do export SCENARIO=${SCENARIO#./R/scenarios/} qsub nsa.sub done --8---cut here---end---8--- Which looks right to me. Could it be something specific about your setup which is causing this issue? Sorry - I did not relize that the way the variables are inserted has changed - I should have tried the script before asking. It works fine. Sorry about the noise. By the way: using #+headers: makes the source look much nicer - never used it before, but will definitely us it now. Cheers, Rainer Cheers -- Eric Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com writes: Hi when I tangle this document, I get the results in the section below. This is obviously not correct. This worked in an earlier version. Any help appreciated, Rainer * Run script (./../nsa.sh) :PROPERTIES: :tangle: ./nsa.sh :exports: code :END: ** Update and call submit script :PROPERTIES: :ID: 173c527a-b032-4cc5-89d8-a32c3c0c7cae :END: #+BEGIN_SRC sh :var REV=(vc-working-revision (or (buffer-file-name) org-current-export-file)) :var STATE=(vc-state (or (buffer-file-name) org-current-export-file)) rm -rf ./R rm -f ./spreadSim.sub REVISION=$REV.$STATE tar -xf nsa.$REVISION.tar.gz $HOME/R/R/R-2.12.0/bin/Rscript --vanilla -e source('./R/generateLatinHypercubeScenarios.R'); doIt() for SCENARIO in ./R/scenarios/*.R; do export SCENARIO=${SCENARIO#./R/scenarios/} qsub nsa.sub done #+END_SRC * tangled #+begin_example #!/bin/bash REV=$(cat 'BABEL_TABLE' BABEL_TABLE ) STATE=$(cat 'BABEL_TABLE' BABEL_TABLE ) rm -rf ./R rm -f ./spreadSim.sub REVISION=$REV.$STATE tar -xf nsa.$REVISION.tar.gz $HOME/R/R/R-2.12.0/bin/Rscript --vanilla -e source('./R/generateLatinHypercubeScenarios.R'); doIt() for SCENARIO in ./R/scenarios/*.R; do export SCENARIO=${SCENARIO#./R/scenarios/} qsub nsa.sub done #+end_example - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Natural Sciences Building Office Suite 2039 Stellenbosch University Main Campus, Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South Africa Tel:+33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +27 - (0)8 39 47 90 42 Fax (SA): +27 - (0)8 65 16 27 82 Fax (D) : +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 Fax (FR): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2UJOQACgkQoYgNqgF2egqJoACdHYVLbcjry1IPk13AhG7zIrKX khkAnA0UVYgHnAsDDVSwTpdMKcECcrm3 =iPKh -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [O] Re: Test framework needed
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 31/03/11 05:40, Eric Schulte wrote: Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:42:19 -0600 Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com wrote: This suite should actually be updated with effectively each patch which introduces new features and run after each patch. Agreed, in a perfect world... So is it only necessary to add meat to this framework? Yes, I believe the best way forward would be to add tests to the existing framework. I have a possibly completely useless idea regarding automatically checking regressions. As far I understand the problem now is its not very feasible to do automated tests with what ever test suite we have (or will have after the improvements) and see the exported results for each patch, as at some step it involves human intervention (as in, was the export good). Good or not good is subjective - but *consistent* is not - and consistency is important. Even if I do not like the default LaTeX output from org, I can tweak it, but there is a problem if there are unexpected changes in the export, which break my customizations or make it difficult to recreate old documents, especially if these changes are not documented. I would disagree that we need user interaction in the test suite. There are already fully automated tests which (e.g., export to some backend like html or tex and then programatically check for properties of the exported results. Exactly - the tests is R work this way: you have some code which is executed, and then the resulting *output* is redirected into a file. these results are then compared to a reference output, and if they are not *identical* an error is raised. Similar could be done in org: export to LaTeX should always result in the same output, unless a change is intended (e.g. additional headers, improvements, ...). So one could compare the resulting .tex file with a reference .tex file for this test automatically, without user intervention. It is certainly likely that I am missing something, but I can't think of a situation or a feature of Org-mode which could not be tested under the current setup (mainly due to the fact that *every* user action in Emacs reduces to a series of function calls which could be programatically recreated). So maybe we can have a directory on the Worg website (not part of the Worg git repo) where every week or so the test suites will publish with what ever the org-mode head is at the time for all the supported formats. Then us puny lisp illiterate users can check up on it over the course of the week and report back to the list if there is a problem. Since this way people can look at the export formats they are interested in, none of the formats get treated like a step child either. Would that be feasible? Or did I completely misunderstand the problem at hand? I'd think that a better way for contributing to the test suite in a non-lisp manner would be to submit test cases, e.g. this block of Org-mode text should export to this but sometimes instead exports to this, or when I press this key sequence in this place in this org-mode text I expect x to happen to the text. Correct - this is what we would, in addition to programmatic tests of individual functions, need. I would actually say that the exports / tangling / agendas / ... are the possibly the more important test cases, as they 1) only show in a later stage of ones project, and 2) errors in functions are easily detected by users and reported - and fizxed quite quickly and finally 3) I guess an export / ... includes quite a lot of functions, which are therefore tested as well (kind off...). We could even potentially leverage the existing Emacs macro system to build a *record* method so that users could semi-automatically record their actions allowing an interactive method of recording tests (or submitting a re-creatable bug report). Or at least recording enough information so that someone with a little bit more elisp-fu could wrap the recorded actions into a unit test. That would be brilliant. Like the error reporting: atach the current buffer, record what was done and *the individual configuration of org / emacs* and finally email / upload it to an address, where it is automatically added to other submitted test cases, might bring us a long way closer to an very useful test base. I am actually ot aware of any other test framework, which let's normal users submit test cases via email / internet - I think that would be a very useful addition. Hope this is helpful -- Eric Most definitely, Rainer - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Natural Sciences Building Office Suite 2039 Stellenbosch University Main Campus, Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South Africa Tel:+33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +27 -
Re: [O] Perl parser, some questions
Steven Haryanto stevenharya...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I'm writing an Org parser for Perl[1]. There are a few things about the syntax which are still unclear to me. 1. The manual says that multiple (different) in-buffer settings can be specified on the same line, but so far I haven't found such example anywhere. What is the syntax for this? If you are referring to lines like this one: #+OPTIONS: oddeven hideblocks the syntax is space separated options. I cannot really help you with the rest of your questions unfortunately. I do think you may end up getting a little frustrated in the near future: org has grown organically and so doesn't have a well defined or consistent syntax across all the features. This is not a criticism of org mode, by the way... just an observation! The only real definition of the syntax is the (ever changing) emacs lisp code that implements it. What is the main purpose of your parser? -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.122.g2f72.dirty)
Re: [O] Perl parser, some questions
Steven Haryanto stevenharya...@gmail.com writes: [...] From the manual (emphasis mine): *Several setting words* can be in the same line, but you can also have multiple lines for the keyword. So I guess setting words mean setting's arguments (and not setting names, like specifying OPTIONS and TODO on the same line)? Yes, I think the manual is trying to say that you can have multiple #+OPTIONS: lines, say, each of which may have one or more settings (tags:, t:, toc:, ...). What is the main purpose of your parser? I first wrote it because I thought it would be fun, and CPAN does not have one already. The parser converts Org document into a tree of node objects, and can be a base for other efforts, like exporter to HTML/TXT/POD. I asked because org has multiple uses, from outliner through to project management, and it may help to concentrate on one particular aspect... -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.122.g2f72.dirty)
Re: [O] Perl parser, some questions
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Eric S Fraga e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk wrote: Steven Haryanto stevenharya...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, I'm writing an Org parser for Perl[1]. There are a few things about the syntax which are still unclear to me. 1. The manual says that multiple (different) in-buffer settings can be specified on the same line, but so far I haven't found such example anywhere. What is the syntax for this? If you are referring to lines like this one: #+OPTIONS: oddeven hideblocks the syntax is space separated options. From the manual (emphasis mine): *Several setting words* can be in the same line, but you can also have multiple lines for the keyword. So I guess setting words mean setting's arguments (and not setting names, like specifying OPTIONS and TODO on the same line)? What is the main purpose of your parser? I first wrote it because I thought it would be fun, and CPAN does not have one already. The parser converts Org document into a tree of node objects, and can be a base for other efforts, like exporter to HTML/TXT/POD. -- sh
Re: [O] advice re organizing todo agenda items
Samuel Nick, I'm using priorities now, but there's only 3 of 'em. I would prefer finer control over them if I were to continue using priorities in this way. Q: My reading of the doc is that there's no way to change the number of priorities org supports: we're stuck with A/B/C. Right? Tags may work, but will require more updating than I would prefer. I come from the world of iPhone apps, and it's quite popular to have apps that let you cycle through a list of items - essentially a circular list. It's also a foundation of Forster's Autofocus task management methods. I'll take all this under advisement and see what I can think of. Thanks! Cheers. Fil On 30 March 2011 23:34, Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, use tags, then use a custom sort. Or, if you do not use priorities for local sorting, use priorities. -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salus...@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
Re: [O] advice re organizing todo agenda items
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Filippo A. Salustri salus...@ryerson.cawrote: Samuel Nick, I'm using priorities now, but there's only 3 of 'em. I would prefer finer control over them if I were to continue using priorities in this way. Q: My reading of the doc is that there's no way to change the number of priorities org supports: we're stuck with A/B/C. Right? I believe you can change the list of priorities with this setting (which you put in your Org file): #+PRIORITIES: Low M High Whatever ... PS: Sorry for the double reply. I usually subscribe to mailing lists which set its Reply-To to list. HTH, Steven
[O] Bug: Bug in editing table.el tables [7.5 (release_7.5.36.g4e24)]
Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org-mode mailing list. Editing a table.el table (via C-c ') causes the table to migrate to the right and also moves any following heading to the right. The attached t.org is a test file containing a table.el table, t1.org is the result of editing the table. Shaun. Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO Package: Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.36.g4e24) current state: == (setq org-emphasis-alist '((* bold b /b) (/ italic i /i) (_ underline span style=\text-decoration:underline;\ /span) (= org-code code /code verbatim) (~ org-verbatim code /code verbatim)) org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-agenda-files '(e:/Home/Shaun/Org/personal.org ~/Play/Alexandria/alexandria.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/Farrers.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/ScottishWater.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/TEV.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/Tesco.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/general.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/hoj.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/thor.org e:/Home/Shaun/Org/Sincal.org) org-agenda-include-diary t org-src-fontify-natively t org-clock-into-drawer CLOCK org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-id-method 'org org-export-blocks-postblock-hook '(org-exp-res/src-name-cleanup) org-log-note-clock-out t org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default org-hide-emphasis-markers t org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-directory ~/Org org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers) org-mode-hook '(#[nil \300\301\302\303\304$\207 [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil \300\301\302\303\304$\207 [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-emphasis-regexp-components '(('\ - .,:?;'\)_ \n,\' . 1) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-interblocks '((lob org-babel-exp-lob-one-liners) (src org-babel-exp-inline-src-blocks)) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code) org-modules '(org-bbdb org-bibtex org-gnus org-id org-info org-jsinfo org-irc org-mew org-mhe org-rmail org-vm org-wl org-w3m) org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-block nil) (comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t) (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil)) ) * A table +---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+ * Another heading Blah * A table +-+---+---+---+---+ |abced| | | | | +-+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | +-+---+---+---+---+ * Another heading Blah
[O] Re: zotero (or mendeley) integration with org
Agreed. Google Scholar citations need very close proofreading, as they can be erroneous or poorly formatted. Thanks Matt - I'd agree with this, having seen oddities from google scholar. I emailed them ages ago about one problem (formatting of initials in author names), but never heard back... it is a pity that there is no mechanism for tidying up their references, as it seems to be the best thing out there that covers all the fields. Having said that, if google scholar can save me some typing, I'll happilyuse it as a starting point for a bibtex entry. I've just started using pdfmeat -- this is nice, as given a pdf, it outputs the corresponding bibtex entry from google scholar. Probably works similar to the way zotero does it, but can be used straight from the command line: http://code.google.com/p/pdfmeat/ (Warning: I couldn't get one of the python dependencies, unidecode, to work on mac, but it does work on ubuntu for me.) accessed by bibsnarf are limited to math and sciences. Since I use biblatex together with the Chicago Manual of Style, any bibtex entry I clip has to be edited and tweaked substantially. (Indeed, manual editing is unavoidable when using biblatex.) If its not too tangential, why do you use biblatex -- is it the future for bibtex? Thanks for summarising your workflow, very helpful. Stephen
[O] Re: Timer mode doesn't hyphenate correctly
Hello, Mark S throa...@yahoo.com writes: Hello Matt, --- On Wed, 3/30/11, Matt Lundin m...@imapmail.org wrote: I cannot reproduce this. All of the following timer items were entered quickly using M-Tab: - 0:01:04 :: An item - 0:01:07 :: Another item - 0:01:10 :: Yet another It appears that you can get different results depending on how you start the timer and whether there are prior entries there. Basically, you need to start on a blank line with no prior timing entries. If you start your timer, either with C-c C-x 0 or with C-c C-x - with prior timer entries, you are likely to get the results I described before (double hyphens), or error messages (not a timer list). So to people who know the right incantation, I suppose it looks ok. But if you take even a slight detour you may get some strange results. Maybe there should be a bit more warning in the manual. But now that I've worked out the land-mines, I'm sure its going to be very useful. I cannot reproduce what you are describing. I may be misunderstanding you. Could you please post an ECM for that? Regards, -- Nicolas
Re: [O] advice re organizing todo agenda items
On 03/31/2011 06:41 AM, Steven Haryanto wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Filippo A. Salustri salus...@ryerson.ca mailto:salus...@ryerson.ca wrote: Samuel Nick, I'm using priorities now, but there's only 3 of 'em. I would prefer finer control over them if I were to continue using priorities in this way. Q: My reading of the doc is that there's no way to change the number of priorities org supports: we're stuck with A/B/C. Right? I believe you can change the list of priorities with this setting (which you put in your Org file): #+PRIORITIES: Low M High Whatever ... PS: Sorry for the double reply. I usually subscribe to mailing lists which set its Reply-To to list. HTH, Steven You can change it globally through M-x customize-group RET org-priorities I use 1-9 for finer control, it looks like you could go crazy with it if you really wanted! Tracy
[O] Question about org-new-numbered-item
Hi Carsten, I noticed you have added a new function to org.el called org-new-numbered-item, which inserts items like this: * TODO Action #1:#1: * TODO Action #2:#2: I'd be curious to learn more about possible uses for this feature. For instance, if one reorganizes items, will the actions be renumbered? Do you envision additional functionality beyond inserting an incremental string and tag when inserting a new item? In my own experience, todos generated when taking notes often have to be reordered and tagged after the fact. How might this interact with the functionality already offered by enumerated lists? For instance, might it be helpful to be able to convert a list to a set of enumerated todos and vice versa? Thanks in advance for entertaining these questions born of brainstorming and curiosity! Best, Matt
[O] Re: Question about org-new-numbered-item
Hi Matt, On Mar 31, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: Hi Carsten, I noticed you have added a new function to org.el called org-new-numbered-item, which inserts items like this: * TODO Action #1:#1: * TODO Action #2:#2: I'd be curious to learn more about possible uses for this feature. For instance, if one reorganizes items, will the actions be renumbered? No. The purpose is exactly to have the old numbers retained when moving and reorganizing them - a task not well served by ordered lists. Do you envision additional functionality beyond inserting an incremental string and tag when inserting a new item? In my own experience, todos generated when taking notes often have to be reordered and tagged after the fact. How might this interact with the functionality already offered by enumerated lists? For instance, might it be helpful to be able to convert a list to a set of enumerated todos and vice versa? Thanks in advance for entertaining these questions born of brainstorming and curiosity! Maybe you can first look at the tutorial which explains how I am using this. The function was added to minimize setup required for this particular use case. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html When you have read this, I am happy to brainstorm more about this and see if there are other contexts where this might be useful. - Carsten
Re: [O] advice re organizing todo agenda items
I just found org-{lowest,highest,default}-priority before coming to work; didn't have time to post about them. These do in fact let one change the number of priorities. I think, for now at least, I fall into the go crazy category. I range my priorities from A to Z. Hopefully I'll find a less expansive way of doing it. Cheers. Fil On 31 March 2011 08:18, T Helms maxco...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/31/2011 06:41 AM, Steven Haryanto wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Filippo A. Salustri salus...@ryerson.ca wrote: Samuel Nick, I'm using priorities now, but there's only 3 of 'em. I would prefer finer control over them if I were to continue using priorities in this way. Q: My reading of the doc is that there's no way to change the number of priorities org supports: we're stuck with A/B/C. Right? I believe you can change the list of priorities with this setting (which you put in your Org file): #+PRIORITIES: Low M High Whatever ... PS: Sorry for the double reply. I usually subscribe to mailing lists which set its Reply-To to list. HTH, Steven You can change it globally through M-x customize-group RET org-priorities I use 1-9 for finer control, it looks like you could go crazy with it if you really wanted! Tracy -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salus...@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
[O] Re: Question about org-new-numbered-item
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: On Mar 31, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: Hi Carsten, I noticed you have added a new function to org.el called org-new-numbered-item, which inserts items like this: * TODO Action #1:#1: * TODO Action #2:#2: I'd be curious to learn more about possible uses for this feature. For instance, if one reorganizes items, will the actions be renumbered? No. The purpose is exactly to have the old numbers retained when moving and reorganizing them - a task not well served by ordered lists. Great. That makes sense. Thanks! Thanks in advance for entertaining these questions born of brainstorming and curiosity! Maybe you can first look at the tutorial which explains how I am using this. The function was added to minimize setup required for this particular use case. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html When you have read this, I am happy to brainstorm more about this and see if there are other contexts where this might be useful. Very informative and thorough. Thanks for sharing your workflow here! I should have checked Worg first, knowing how efficiently and thoroughly you get things done. :) When I saw the new functions I thought they might be the beginnings of a more generalized syntax for creating enumerated headlines. After reading the tutorial, I think a better description would be helper functions that support a workflow for taking meeting notes. I.e., the incremental tags are not part of official org-mode syntax in the same way that, say, priority cookies are. I can also see how automatic renumbering would not be helpful in this context. Best, Matt
[O] syntax highlighting for latex elements
Hello, After learning that I can output my Org documents (with tables, outlined notes and all!) into LaTeX, I've started writing some notes with the intention of exporting them to LaTeX. So I've been typing stuff like (sorry, I'm not sure about the standard for formatting code for emails): This equation does such and such: \begin{equation} F_2(s) = \frac{r_1}{s+2} + \frac{r_2}{s+4} + \frac{r_3}{s+6}, \end{equation} And this equation is used to find... This stuff outputs fine to tex files, but one thing I'd like is LaTeX syntax highlighting for things like \begin{...}\frac{...}\end{}. I can get highlighting in code source blocks, but that gets exported in verbatim environments in the LaTeX output. If I want syntax highlighting for these things, should I just be editing a standard .tex file with the appropriate emacs mode, or is there a (hopefully simple) way to turn on syntax highlighting for LaTeX elements in standard org-mode? Thank you Chris
Re: [O] syntax highlighting for latex elements
Chris Beard wcbear...@wabash.edu writes: Hello, After learning that I can output my Org documents (with tables, outlined notes and all!) into LaTeX, I've started writing some notes with the intention of exporting them to LaTeX. So I've been typing stuff like (sorry, I'm not sure about the standard for formatting code for emails): [...] This stuff outputs fine to tex files, but one thing I'd like is LaTeX syntax highlighting for things like \begin{...}\frac{...}\end{}. I can get highlighting in code source blocks, but that gets exported in verbatim environments in the LaTeX output. If I want syntax highlighting for these things, should I just be editing a standard .tex file with the appropriate emacs mode, or is there a (hopefully simple) way to turn on syntax highlighting for LaTeX elements in standard org-mode? Thank you Chris You can enclose the latex: #+begin_latex \begin{equation} F_2(s) = \frac{r_1}{s+2} + \frac{r_2}{s+4} + \frac{r_3}{s+6}, \end{equation} #+end_latex Then, with point within this block, you can type C-c ' which will allow you to edit the latex in a latex-mode buffer with proper fontification. For source code blocks, you should be able to tell it to export the code as latex: #+begin_src latex :exports results :results latex \begin{equation} F_2(s) = \frac{r_1}{s+2} + \frac{r_2}{s+4} + \frac{r_3}{s+6}, \end{equation} #+end_src and you will get fortification within org-mode if you set org-src-fontify-natively to be t. However, there are (currently) some performance issues with this approach. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.122.g2f72.dirty)
[O] broken link at orgmode.org
In http://orgmode.org/index.html#sec-4 there is this line ... latest released manuals (currently for Org 7.5), please browse this directory. The 'this directory' link seems to be broken
[O] Re: [BABEL][BUG] Tangle incorrect with variables
Hi Rainer, Rainer M Krug wrote: I get the following tangled output --8---cut here---start-8--- REV=$(cat 'BABEL_TABLE' master BABEL_TABLE ) STATE=$(cat 'BABEL_TABLE' edited BABEL_TABLE ) rm -rf ./R rm -f ./spreadSim.sub REVISION=$REV.$STATE tar -xf nsa.$REVISION.tar.gz $HOME/R/R/R-2.12.0/bin/Rscript --vanilla -e source('./R/generateLatinHypercubeScenarios.R'); doIt() for SCENARIO in ./R/scenarios/*.R; do export SCENARIO=${SCENARIO#./R/scenarios/} qsub nsa.sub done --8---cut here---end---8--- Which looks right to me. Could it be something specific about your setup which is causing this issue? Sorry - I did not relize that the way the variables are inserted has changed - I should have tried the script before asking. It works fine. For my own understanding, could you explicit what you consider as changed in the way the variables are inserted? Best regards, Seb -- Sébastien Vauban
[O] Bug: org-export-html-protect-char-alist type def [7.5]
Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org-mode mailing list. Hello, I use the ELPA built of orgmode. M-x customize-variable org-export-html-protect-char-alist RET gives an error. I guess its custom type definition is illegal: :type '((repeat (cons (string :tag Character) (string :tag HTML equivalent Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2010-12-11 on raven, modified by Debian Package: Org-mode version 7.5
[O] Re: Bug: Jumping to date in custom agenda looses starting day of week
Sébastien Vauban wxhgmqzgwmuf-genee64ty+gs+fvcfc7...@public.gmane.org writes: Hi Bernt, Bernt Hansen wrote: I can move forwards and backwards one day at a time with 'f' and 'b' and it works great. If however I want to jump to a specific date the block view is lost and it reverts back to the regular calendar agenda view. In the same spirit, I would add another point: if you have a view with starting day (of the week) on Monday: (C Weekly appointments agenda ((org-agenda-ndays 7) (org-agenda-start-on-weekday 1) (org-agenda-time-grid nil) (org-agenda-prefix-format %12:t ) (org-agenda-include-all-todo nil) (org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all t) (org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'deadline 'scheduled [An aside: Setting org-agenda-entry-types to '(:timestamp :sexp) is faster than using an org-agenda-skip-function here.] and jump to a Thursday, then the new 7-days view is beginning on Thursday (which is my global setting), instead of keeping the Monday. I can confirm this. Moreover, I find that my custom settings for org-agenda-entry-types are ignored and org-agenda-span are discarded when jumping to a date. The following custom command displays a weekly calendar. --8---cut here---start-8--- (cc Calendar agenda ((org-agenda-span 'week) (org-agenda-start-on-weekday 0) ; start on Sunday (org-agenda-time-grid nil) (org-agenda-prefix-format %-12:t ) (org-deadline-warning-days 0) (org-agenda-include-all-todo nil) (org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all t) (org-agenda-filter-preset '(-nocal1)) (org-agenda-hide-tags-regexp .*) )) --8---cut here---end---8--- My default org-agenda-span is 'day. If I jump to Thursday, I get a standard one-day agenda view, which includes all the org-agenda-entry-types (deadline, schedule, etc.). If I then refresh the agenda view, the deadline and schedule items disappear, but the agenda remains limited to the default span (day) instead of the custom span (week). What I would find logical is to keep this setting active for the jump. A quick check of the git history reveals that org-agenda-goto-date has *always* been rather basic. It simply calls org-agenda-list for the date in question. Unlike org-agenda-goto-today, it pays no attention to the local settings for the current agenda. Best, Matt
[O] question about agendas
Hi all, I'm looking to customize how some agenda commands work. The simple example I'm working on is combining changing a task's priority AND refreshing the agenda. What I'd normally do is: 1. cursor to the task of interest, 2. change its priority, 3. refresh the agenda. After step 3, the cursor remains where it was in step 2. That's fine. Then I rebind , in org-agenda-mode-map to this: (defun org-fas-agenda-priority (optional p) Change the priority of the current item, then refresh agenda. (interactive) (save-excursion (if (org-agenda-priority p) (org-agenda-redo When this function runs, it does exactly what I want it to do. BUT the cursor jumps to row one of the agenda buffer. Can anyone suggest a cause and a fix? Cheers. Fil -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salus...@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
Re: [O] question about agendas
Filippo A. Salustri salus...@ryerson.ca wrote: Hi all, I'm looking to customize how some agenda commands work. The simple example I'm working on is combining changing a task's priority AND refreshing the agenda. What I'd normally do is: 1. cursor to the task of interest, 2. change its priority, 3. refresh the agenda. After step 3, the cursor remains where it was in step 2. That's fine. Then I rebind , in org-agenda-mode-map to this: (defun org-fas-agenda-priority (optional p) Change the priority of the current item, then refresh agenda. (interactive) (save-excursion (if (org-agenda-priority p) (org-agenda-redo When this function runs, it does exactly what I want it to do. BUT the cursor jumps to row one of the agenda buffer. Can anyone suggest a cause and a fix? I don't understand it yet, but can you try without the save-excursion and see if it does what you want? Nick
Re: [O] question about agendas
Nick, Thanks for the quick reply. I'd actually started with a similar wrapper for org-priority, and the save-excursion was needed because the org-agenda-redo would punt me into the agenda from whatever other buffer I was in. I carried the save-excursion into the agenda version of the function because I thought it couldn't hurt. Apparently it does. Removing the save-excursion from the defun below fixes the cursor problem. ...could it be because the excursion is saved before the agenda buffer is rebuilt? Anyways, it's fixed, so I'm happy. Thanks! Cheers. Fil On 31 March 2011 14:51, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: Filippo A. Salustri salus...@ryerson.ca wrote: Hi all, I'm looking to customize how some agenda commands work. The simple example I'm working on is combining changing a task's priority AND refreshing the agenda. What I'd normally do is: 1. cursor to the task of interest, 2. change its priority, 3. refresh the agenda. After step 3, the cursor remains where it was in step 2. That's fine. Then I rebind , in org-agenda-mode-map to this: (defun org-fas-agenda-priority (optional p) Change the priority of the current item, then refresh agenda. (interactive) (save-excursion (if (org-agenda-priority p) (org-agenda-redo When this function runs, it does exactly what I want it to do. BUT the cursor jumps to row one of the agenda buffer. Can anyone suggest a cause and a fix? I don't understand it yet, but can you try without the save-excursion and see if it does what you want? Nick -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salus...@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
Re: [O] broken link at orgmode.org
Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com writes: In http://orgmode.org/index.html#sec-4 there is this line ... latest released manuals (currently for Org 7.5), please browse this directory. The 'this directory' link seems to be broken Yep, it's a 404. http://orgmode.org/manual/release_7.5/ There are no directories under http://orgmode.org/manual/ on the server. Where can I find these files Bastien?
[O] Re: Continuation of main section text after subsections ?
Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com writes: IIUC, OP wants to move stuff around more easily and not have improper body text folded. Improper in this case means belonging to the grandparent but after parents. He doesn't need improper outline exporting. Correct? Agreed. That's how I read it. The issue has to do with visibility and folding while editing, not with exporting (since html and latex can't render such a nested structure). Best, Matt
Re: [O] Illiterate programming question
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com wrote: Babel does have a way to bring changes back from pure source code into code blocks in an Org-mode document. While it isn't perfect (especially if you make extensive use of noweb references or variables) there are mechanisms to maintain such a /sync/. To try this out, tangle out code with the :comments yes header argument, then change an element of the tangled source code, and use the `org-babel-detangle' function to bring the changes back into the Org-mode document. Improving the detangling (or illiterate) features is an area ripe for future Babel development. Cheers -- Eric Hi, Could anyone please give a working example of this? I tried tangling the following: * A tangle example #+source: body #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :noweb yes puts hello #+end_src #+source: method #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :noweb yes def hello body end #+end_src #+source: main #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :tangle detangle.rb :noweb yes method hello #+end_src and got the output: # [[][main]] def hello puts hello end hello # main ends here which doesn't look right to me. Regards, Sean
Re: [O] Illiterate programming question
Sean O'Halpin sean.ohal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com wrote: Babel does have a way to bring changes back from pure source code into code blocks in an Org-mode document. While it isn't perfect (especially if you make extensive use of noweb references or variables) there are mechanisms to maintain such a /sync/. To try this out, tangle out code with the :comments yes header argument, then change an element of the tangled source code, and use the `org-babel-detangle' function to bring the changes back into the Org-mode document. Improving the detangling (or illiterate) features is an area ripe for future Babel development. Cheers -- Eric Hi, Could anyone please give a working example of this? I tried tangling the following: * A tangle example #+source: body #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :noweb yes puts hello #+end_src #+source: method #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :noweb yes def hello body end #+end_src #+source: main #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :tangle detangle.rb :noweb yes method hello #+end_src and got the output: # [[][main]] def hello puts hello end hello # main ends here which doesn't look right to me. What should it look like? Nick
[O] Re: zotero (or mendeley) integration with org
Stephen Eglen s.j.eg...@damtp.cam.ac.uk writes: Agreed. Google Scholar citations need very close proofreading, as they can be erroneous or poorly formatted. Thanks Matt - I'd agree with this, having seen oddities from google scholar. I emailed them ages ago about one problem (formatting of initials in author names), but never heard back... it is a pity that there is no mechanism for tidying up their references, as it seems to be the best thing out there that covers all the fields. Having said that, if google scholar can save me some typing, I'll happilyuse it as a starting point for a bibtex entry. I've just started using pdfmeat -- this is nice, as given a pdf, it outputs the corresponding bibtex entry from google scholar. Probably works similar to the way zotero does it, but can be used straight from the command line: http://code.google.com/p/pdfmeat/ Thanks for the link! That looks like a useful tool. accessed by bibsnarf are limited to math and sciences. Since I use biblatex together with the Chicago Manual of Style, any bibtex entry I clip has to be edited and tweaked substantially. (Indeed, manual editing is unavoidable when using biblatex.) If its not too tangential, why do you use biblatex -- is it the future for bibtex? I use biblatex because I use citation styles in the humanities (especially the Chicago Manual of Style). Biblatex and the chicago-notes package (both now part of TeXLive) handle Chicago Style footnotes and bibliographies beautifully, with an astounding number of options and flawless formatting -- but the bibtex entries are a bit fussier than standard bibtex. Best, Matt
[O] Re: unnumbered subsections in latex export
Hello, Bastien b...@altern.org writes: 2. exporters use various methods to export the file (e.g. the HTML exporter goes line by line, the LaTeX exporter parses the file and render each section); *Example*: users often ask why the LaTeX exporter cannot export a headline of level 3 right after a headline of level 1: they ask that because the HTML exporter can do this, while the LaTeX one cannot. And the LaTeX one cannot because parsing an ill-structured Org buffer is tricky for it. 3. exporters are maintained by various people: I know the HTML exporter and the LaTeX one, others know the other exporters, etc. I need your help do deal with these issues. The first thing to do is to have a list of annoying inconsistencies that need to be addressed in priority. I have been thinking about exporters for a while now, and I'd like to share my point of view. Be warned, I will be a bit verbose. Honestly, I wouldn't talk about just annoying inconsistencies. I think we may be running into a serious problem with exporters if some work isn't done about them. Indeed, It seems to me that it is too much difficult to create new exporters and managing them could become unwieldy soon. I have my opinion on how we could anticipate and solve that. At the moment, the export process is done in two parts. At first, the buffer is parsed and changed into a quite complex, and not documented enough, format: this is the job of org-exp.el. It is complex because the new format mixes new string markers (ORG-CENTER-END\n) and text properties (original-indentation). It isn't documented enough because some of those properties are not exactly defined, and their meaning, or their differences, aren't always explicit (org-protected, org-example, org-verbatim-emph are coming to my mind). It isn't a problem per se, after all Org is also rich and complex, and a simpler way to handle this may not be sufficient. But any person planning to create a new exporter these days has to know all of those subtleties, and pay attention to both visible and invisible markers when parsing the new format. The second part of the export process is backend specific. I'm talking about org-latex.el org-html.el, etc. As Bastien pointed out, they often parse the buffer their own way (line-wise or section-wise), adding one layer of complexity for anyone trying to understand them, and creating inconsistencies at the same time. This is why I think exporting should take a slightly different approach. In essence, org-exp.el should parse itself the format it creates and call functions from backend specific exporters for each environment or object it encounters during the parsing. In other words, specific exporters should only consist in a sum of independent functions, named uniformly (org-html-export-list, org-latex-export-center), and acting recursively on parts of the buffer, in a format precisely documented. Thus, Org documentation should provide an exhaustive list of environments and objects it offers with their associated format during export. Then, creating an exporter should be as simple as providing functions to change every one of them into meaningful strings, which would then be collected by org-exp.el. The immediate benefit is that only those among us patching org-exp.el will have to know the intermediate format it creates, and those creating or patching backends will work on a well-defined format. I'll show two examples to illustrate my point: lists and tables. Taken from a docstring, 1. first item + sub-item one + [X] sub-item two more text in first item 2. [@3] last item will be parsed as: (ordered (nil \first item\ (unordered (nil sub-item one) (nil [CBON] sub-item two)) more text in first item) (3 last item)) This allows to easily (see org-list-to-latex, org-list-to-html, org-list-to-texinfo, and so on) transform an Org list in many different formats. Alas, it cannot be used in org-html.el and org-docbook.el, as those, again, parse buffer line-wise. The same could be said about tables: | Row 1 | 1 | 2 | |---+---+---| | Row 2 | 3 | 4 | can be parsed as: ((Row 1 1 2) 'hline (Row 2 3 4)) and from that, such functions as orgtbl-to-html, or orgtbl-to-latex were easy to create. So, basically, what I suggest here is: 1. list all possible environments and objects offered by the Org format (table, lists, inlinetasks, center, verbatim, paragraph, headlines, time-stamps, LaTeX snippets, footnotes, links, source); 2. define an explicit export format for each of them; 3. determine options that should be know by org-exp, by the backend; 4. create a parser, in org-exp, that will output Org buffer in the chosen format; 5. create (many are readily available) functions for each backend to interpret them. Now about that explicit format. Taking this buffer, --8---cut here---start-8--- #+title:
Re: [O] Re: Continuation of main section text after subsections ?
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 01:34, Matt Lundin m...@imapmail.org wrote: Samuel Wales samolog...@gmail.com writes: IIUC, OP wants to move stuff around more easily and not have improper body text folded. Improper in this case means belonging to the grandparent but after parents. He doesn't need improper outline exporting. Correct? Agreed. That's how I read it. The issue has to do with visibility and folding while editing, not with exporting (since html and latex can't render such a nested structure). Just to clarify, HTML can, while LaTeX and DocBook can’t. No idea about the remaining export formats. Aankhen
[O] Apply custom CSS class to headings in HTML export?
Suppose that you export the following document to HTML: * Heading 1 ** Heading 2 The HTML structure is pretty much the following: div class=outline-2 h2 Heading 1 div class=outline-text-2 div class=outline-3 h3 Heading 2 Is there a way to apply a custom CSS class to the: 1. containing div (outline-2)? 2. heading itself (h2)? 3. text inside of the heading (outline-3)? Why? Suppose you have the following document * Heading 1 ** Resources ** Answers * Heading 2 ** Quiz ** Resources ** Answers You need to apply a different style to the Resources and Quizzes. Unfortunately, these don't always appear in an outline and they don't always appear in the same order. It is infinitely easier to use a custom CSS class with each heading. --Thanks
Re: [O] Apply custom CSS class to headings in HTML export?
You can add custom styles via properties: In order to add styles to a subtree, use the :HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS: property to assign a class to the tree. In order to specify CSS styles for a particular headline, you can use the id specified in a :CUSTOM_ID: property. http://orgmode.org/manual/CSS-support.html#CSS-support So you should do something like: #+begin_example org * Top heading ** Resource :PROPERTIES: :HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS: resource :END: #+end_example This exports as #+begin_example html div ... class=outline-2 resource h2Resource/h2 ... #+end_example So you can define styles thus: #+begin_example css div.resource h2 { font: comic_sans_forever; } #+end_example regards, .j. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 06:46:45PM -0400, Uriel Avalos wrote: Suppose that you export the following document to HTML: * Heading 1 ** Heading 2 The HTML structure is pretty much the following: div class=outline-2 h2 Heading 1 div class=outline-text-2 div class=outline-3 h3 Heading 2 Is there a way to apply a custom CSS class to the: 1. containing div (outline-2)? 2. heading itself (h2)? 3. text inside of the heading (outline-3)? Why? Suppose you have the following document * Heading 1 ** Resources ** Answers * Heading 2 ** Quiz ** Resources ** Answers You need to apply a different style to the Resources and Quizzes. Unfortunately, these don't always appear in an outline and they don't always appear in the same order. It is infinitely easier to use a custom CSS class with each heading.
Re: [O] Re: Using babel to generate a commit log
Luke Crook l...@balooga.com writes: Eric Schulte schulte.eric at gmail.com writes: Since this could be generally useful would you be willing to add it to the library of babel (org/contrib/babel/library-of-babel.org)? That would be great. If so then if you could supply a few explanatory sentences, I'll add those and the code block to the library-of-babel.org distributed with Org-mode. This function will attempt to retrieve the entire commit log for the file associated with the current buffer and insert this log into the export. The function uses the Emacs VC commands to interface to the local version control system, but has only been tested to work with Git. 'limit' is currently unsupported. Fantastic, I've now added this to the library-of-babel.org file, so anyone who loads the library of babel can now call this functionality through the code block, e.g., #+call: Thanks for the contribution! -- Eric ps. since I can be a bit OCD about these things, I made some aesthetic indentation and reformatting changes to your elisp.
[O] Use-cases for babel
Hi list, I'm a long-time org user, and when I followed the development and release of org-babel with great interest. However, I never really used it, mainly because I never really found a use-case for me. I noticed that there were a lot of messages regarding babel and publishing, but I've read a post other day that opened my eyes: org-babel can be actually used to create self-contained org-systems, in other words, org files with elisp scripts that extend and add to org, and output stuff on the fly. I never tried org-babel, but this really excited me, I might play around with the idea more when I have the time. We could also use this thread for additional ideas on how org-babel could be used. Cheers, Marcelo.
Re: [O] Illiterate programming question
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: Sean O'Halpin sean.ohal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com wrote: Babel does have a way to bring changes back from pure source code into code blocks in an Org-mode document. While it isn't perfect (especially if you make extensive use of noweb references or variables) there are mechanisms to maintain such a /sync/. To try this out, tangle out code with the :comments yes header argument, then change an element of the tangled source code, and use the `org-babel-detangle' function to bring the changes back into the Org-mode document. Improving the detangling (or illiterate) features is an area ripe for future Babel development. Cheers -- Eric Hi, Could anyone please give a working example of this? I tried tangling the following: * A tangle example #+source: body #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :noweb yes puts hello #+end_src #+source: method #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :noweb yes def hello body end #+end_src #+source: main #+begin_src ruby :comments yes :tangle detangle.rb :noweb yes method hello #+end_src and got the output: # [[][main]] def hello puts hello end hello # main ends here which doesn't look right to me. What should it look like? Nick To be honest, I don't know what it /should/ look like but I have ':comments yes' on three sections and get only one link on output, so I can't see how this would detangle properly. Also, # [[][main]] is missing the file reference (in the first set of brackets), so it won't work as a link. Regards, Sean P.S. Apologies again for not replying to all first time.
Re: [O] Re: Timer mode doesn't hyphenate correctly
Hello Nicolas, --- On Thu, 3/31/11, Nicolas n.goaz...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot reproduce what you are describing. I may be misunderstanding you. Could you please post an ECM for that? What's an ECM? The scenario described has occurred 2 or 3 times now, though I can't figure out the exact sequence. Another thing I've noticed is that sometimes the list items are created in chronological order, and other times in reverse-chronological order. In fact, most of the time it wants to go in reverse-chronological order. Since there's no example in the manual, I'm not sure which one is normal. I would prefer chronological order, but I can see why some might prefer reverse-chronological. Thanks, Mark
[O] Re: unnumbered subsections in latex export
One more thing to the list. Use htmlfontify instead of htmlize. Former is part of standard Emacs while the latter is not. Jambunathan K.
[O] Re: unnumbered subsections in latex export
Backward compatibility is a real issue. The real challenge is how to move forward while also not breaking anything that the users have come to rely on. Thus, Org documentation should provide an exhaustive list of environments and objects it offers with their associated format during export. Then, creating an exporter should be as simple as providing functions to change every one of them into meaningful strings, which would then be collected by org-exp.el. The immediate benefit is that only those among us patching org-exp.el will have to know the intermediate format it creates, and those creating or patching backends will work on a well-defined format. I'll show two examples to illustrate my point: lists and tables. Taken from a docstring, 1. first item + sub-item one + [X] sub-item two more text in first item 2. [@3] last item will be parsed as: (ordered (nil \first item\ (unordered (nil sub-item one) (nil [CBON] sub-item two)) more text in first item) (3 last item)) This allows to easily (see org-list-to-latex, org-list-to-html, org-list-to-texinfo, and so on) transform an Org list in many different formats. Alas, it cannot be used in org-html.el and org-docbook.el, as those, again, parse buffer line-wise. From a refactoring perspective, it is not necessary that a XML-like list structure be offered to the html backend. In principle, it would suffice as long as the html exporter is provided with enough information so that it can deduce the above structure while still continuing to be line-oriented. The same could be said about tables: | Row 1 | 1 | 2 | |---+---+---| | Row 2 | 3 | 4 | can be parsed as: ((Row 1 1 2) 'hline (Row 2 3 4)) and from that, such functions as orgtbl-to-html, or orgtbl-to-latex were easy to create. So, basically, what I suggest here is: 1. list all possible environments and objects offered by the Org format (table, lists, inlinetasks, center, verbatim, paragraph, headlines, time-stamps, LaTeX snippets, footnotes, links, source); 2. define an explicit export format for each of them; 3. determine options that should be know by org-exp, by the backend; 4. create a parser, in org-exp, that will output Org buffer in the chosen format; 5. create (many are readily available) functions for each backend to interpret them. Do look at my new html exporter. I have been very conservative in making the changes. Some observations from my side ... It isn't documented enough because some of those properties are not exactly defined, and their meaning, or their differences, aren't always explicit (org-protected, org-example, org-verbatim-emph are coming to my mind). I agree that text properties are problematic. I see that they are also used inconsistently. Consider org-example. A source block is transformed by org-exp.el in to a html block and is enclosed in #+begin_html...#+end_html. On the otherhand the #+begin_html and #+end_html given by the user isn't marked up with this property. [Context Switch] Protection this seems to me to happen at three levels. Protection at block level happens in example/source blocks, Protection at phrase level happens in verbatim LaTeX equations (fragments?) and Protection at tag level as implied in @tag @tag/ convention. [Context Switch] When I see backend specific code in org-exp.el something in my gut says that it is not OK. For example, source blocks are transformed in org-exp.el to html-specific markup and get inserted between #+begin_html and #+end_html with org-indentation, org-protected properties. org-html.el just inserts it. I believe, it would be all the more better if the above transform propertize in org-exp.el and just insert in org-html.el is done as propertize in org-exp.el and transform insert in org-html.el. [Context Switch] Html exporter is not only line-oriented it is also a transformation pipeline. The latter part means that if lines are slightly arranged (that is the order of the transformation is changed) then things will break in unexpected ways. This is the root cause of all the recent regressions concerning images and timestamps in the HTML exporter. [Context Switch] org-html.el opens paragraph in anticipation rather than when it is actually needed. As a result previous context just diffuses in to a latter context. If this were not so deleting of empty paragraphs wouldn't be necessary. [Context Switch] HTML exporter occasionally emit things temporarily and goes back and fixes it. Table's colalign and colgroup markers come to mind here. In some sense convenience features like right align if a column is predominantly numeric also complicated things. I think one of the reasons Org is so popular it is that it is a common-man's swiss army knife and not a elitist samurai sword. Jambunathan K.
Re: [O] Illiterate programming question
Sean O'Halpin sean.ohal...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: Sean O'Halpin sean.ohal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com wrote: Babel does have a way to bring changes back from pure source code into code blocks in an Org-mode document. While it isn't perfect (especially if you make extensive use of noweb references or variables) there are mechanisms to maintain such a /sync/. To try this out, tangle out code with the :comments yes header argument, then change an element of the tangled source code, and use the `org-babel-detangle' function to bring the changes back into the Org-mode document. Improving the detangling (or illiterate) features is an area ripe for future Babel development. ...example elided... which doesn't look right to me. What should it look like? Nick To be honest, I don't know what it /should/ look like but I have ':comments yes' on three sections and get only one link on output, so I can't see how this would detangle properly. Also, # [[][main]] is missing the file reference (in the first set of brackets), so it won't work as a link. Yes, it does look unlikely. I don't know about the other comments (line numbers, etc.) but at least the link calculation in org-babel-tangle-collect-blocks is wrong I believe: it uses org-store-link to supposedly store a link to the current location on the global org-stored-links stack and then pops it, takes the car of it and sanitizes text properties of the result: that then becomes the link that should be stored in the tangled file. But it seems that org-store-link does not behave this way when called non-interactively: I get nothing on the global stack. Instead it seems to *return* the link as a string, which is then just thrown away. One can argue that org-store-link is wrong to behave this way[fn:1] but I will let Eric and Carsten fight it out :-) Nick Footnotes: [fn:1] assuming that it *does* behave this way and I am not fooling myself.