Re: [O] [ANN, OT] Emacs web-server, a new option for serving Org-mode files

[Eric Schulte]

address@hidden (Thomas S. Dye) writes:

> Hi Eric,
>
> This worked out of the box for me. Neat!
>

Great.

>
> I ran into a problem with an optional step:
>
>    poto:emacs-web-server dk$ emacs --version
>    GNU Emacs 24.3.1
>    Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>    GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>    You may redistribute copies of Emacs
>    under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>    For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
>    poto:emacs-web-server dk$ make
>    emacs --batch --execute '(add-to-list (quote load-path)
> "/Users/dk/org-local/emacs-web-server")' -f batch-byte-compile
> web-server-status-codes.el web-server-test.el web-server.el
>    Wrote /Users/dk/org-local/emacs-web-server/web-server-status-codes.elc
>
>    In toplevel form:
>    web-server-test.el:9:1:Error: Cannot open load file: eieio
>
>    In toplevel form:
>    web-server.el:33:1:Error: Cannot open load file: eieio
>    make: *** [src] Error 1
>

I'm not sure what to make of that, as eieio.el is distributed as part of
Emacs, so it should be in lisp/emacs-lisp/ under your installed Emacs
directory, which should be in the load-path.  Regardless, since
everything is running successfully, Emacs can obviously find eieio at
runtime, so I wouldn't worry about batch compilation not working.

Best,

>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
> Eric Schulte <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> A non-Org announcement which I believe may still be of interest given
>> the recurring discussion of ways to serve Org-mode files as web pages.
>>
>> I've written an Emacs web-server [1], which may be used to interact with
>> Org-mode over HTTP.  It has no dependencies aside from needing Emacs 24
>> or later and it should be easy to install and use [2].
>>
>> Three simple examples of how it may be used with Org-mode include;
>> 1. web server which exports Org files on demand [3],
>> 2. an export *service* [4] which allows users to upload Org-mode files
>>    and then download exported versions, or 
>> 3. simply a way to serve your daily agenda as a web page [5].
>>
>> I've ported the Org-ehtml editable Org-mode Wiki [6] from Elnode to this
>> new web-server, and I now find that it is both easier to install, and is
>> more stable, and faster [7].  I know that Elnode setup had been a
>> barrier to some users of org-ehtml, hopefully that barrier is now
>> removed.
>>
>> I hope this is of interest and not too far off topic.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Footnotes: 
>> [1]  https://github.com/eschulte/emacs-web-server
>>
>> [2]  http://eschulte.github.io/emacs-web-server/tutorials/#sec-1
>>
>> [3]
>> http://eschulte.github.io/emacs-web-server/Org_002dmode-Export.html#Org_002dmode-Export
>>
>> [4]
>> https://github.com/eschulte/emacs-web-server/blob/master/examples/013-org-export-service.el
>>
>> [5]
>> https://github.com/eschulte/emacs-web-server/blob/master/examples/011-org-agenda.el
>>
>> [6]  https://github.com/eschulte/org-ehtml
>>
>> [7]  http://eschulte.github.io/emacs-web-server/benchmark/

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