So I was able to construct the following functioning bit of code from someone else recent post:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :results output raw
(defun tagged (tag &optional scope)
(let ((entries ()))
(org-map-entries
(lambda ()
(add-to-list 'entries
(list (concat "[[" (nth 4 (org-heading-components)) "]]"))))
tag scope)
(sort entries (lambda (f s)
(string-lessp (car f) (car s))))))
(tagged "buy" 'agenda)
#+end_src
I have a few elementary questions I hope someone can bother to answer:
1. It seems that when org prints a list, it automatically formats it into a table. In lisp, what's a proper way of converting a list to a string so I can have more control over the format? My first attempts were unsuccessful.
2. I'd like to use Org's macros to replace
#+begin_src
(tagged "foo")
#+end_src
with
{{{(tagged "foo")}}}
but Org macros only expand on export. Would it be feasible to change the macro functionality and hook into file loading? Or is there some other way I can slim these down to be terse?
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 22:46, Ido Magal
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Excellent.
Now that I see that it's possible, I'm struggling to find sufficient examples to help me understand how to go about writing the bits of lisp that would allow to me create useful blocks of org-mode code, such as a back-links block or a list of links to entries of a certain tag. I'm lisp-illiterate but I was expecting that if it was possible then someone had already done it and that I could cut and paste my way to success.
Do these examples exist? Does anyone use babel to extend the functionality of the note organizing aspect of org-mode? All of the babel examples I've found relate to manipulating content for export as opposed to enhancing organizational utility.
Cheers and thanks again.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:42, Eric Schulte
<address@hidden> wrote:
>
> 2. Is it possible to manipulate or reference the results so that they're not
> bound to a RESULTS block. I'm finding all of the blocks of orgmode
> distracting and I'm trying to avoid and eliminate them as much as possible.
> I'm not used to it and they really impedes the readability of my notes.
Yes, you can change the look of the results of code blocks, see the
results header argument for more information.
http://orgmode.org/manual/results.html