Re: [O] How to call org-set-property from a function

[Rasmus]

Julien Cubizolles <address@hidden> writes:

> Rasmus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
>> Does this do what you want:
>>
>>      (call-interactively 'org-set-property) 
>
> Thanks, indeed it does, Marcin beat you to it though :-)
>
>>> Also, I will sometimes need to include several different
>>> properties. What would be the right way to run a loop where a new
>>> property is set until the user answers something like C-return at the
>>> prompt ?
>>
>> Here's naive approach.  Probably you can find a more elegant way.
>>
>>     (condition-case nil
>>         (while t
>>           (call-interactively 'org-set-property))
>>       (quit nil))
>
> That's working, I'm breaking out of the loop with C-g, is that what you
> intended ?

Yes.

When you enter no value (C-j when ido is enabled) it insert :: VALUE.

For more fine grained control you probably need to write something akin to
org-set-property and check the actual values (e.g. to signal quit if an
empty quote is returned).

Rasmus

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