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Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches
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Cassio Koshikumo |
Subject: |
Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:30:30 -0300 |
Ah! Can't believe I didn't try that. Well, at least the docs can
benefit from my confusion.
Thanks,
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 6:05 PM Daniel Fleischer <danflscr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 25 2021, Cassio Koshikumo wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I think there's a bug with `org-make-tags-matcher' when creating a sparse
> > tree
> > using property matching with regular expressions and "or" terms. Take the
> > example given in the manual:
> >
> > +work-boss+PRIORITY="A"+Coffee="unlimited"+Effort<2
> > +With={Sarah|Denny}+SCHEDULED>="<2008-10-11 Sat>"
> >
> > If we isolate just this part:
> >
> > +With={Sarah|Denny}
> >
> > The resulting sparse tree does not match the right
> > headings. The function generates the following `tagsmatcher':
> >
> > (progn
> > (setq org-cached-props nil)
> > (or
> > (and
> > (member
> > #("Denny" 0 5
> > (regexp t))
> > tags-list))
> > (and
> > (member "With" tags-list))))
> >
> > There're checks for "Denny" (as a regexp) and "With" (as a string) --- this
> > is
> > supposed to be the property name, not a search term. They are both checked
> > for
> > in `tags-list'. And, finally, "Sarah" is nowhere to be seen.
> >
> > The problem, as far as I can tell, is that splitting the input at `|' to
> > get the
> > `orterms' does not work with the regular expression the function uses to
> > find
> > the constituent parts of each term. In this example, splitting the input at
> > `|'
> > makes one side get the opening brace and the other the closing brace, while
> > the
> > regexp expects both being present. Since the regexp doesn't fully match, the
> > terms are all parsed wrong. (The function doesn't recognize "With" as
> > property
> > name, for instance.) I'm still messing with it but, for now, don't really
> > know
> > how to fix the problem. I don't 100% understand the function yet...
> >
> > Regards,
>
> Hi, the solution is that it's elisp based regex, so OR is indicated with
> \| instead of just |. It might be good idea to correct the example.
>
> Best,
>
> *Daniel Fleischer*
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Cassio Koshikumo
- [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Cassio Koshikumo, 2021/08/25
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Daniel Fleischer, 2021/08/25
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches,
Cassio Koshikumo <=
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Timothy, 2021/08/31
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Daniel Fleischer, 2021/08/31
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Cassio Koshikumo, 2021/08/31
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Timothy, 2021/08/31
- Re: [BUG] Creating sparse tree with regexp property matches, Daniel Fleischer, 2021/08/31