Re: [O] Function to return content of item

[John Kitchin]

I think this is basically what you are looking for.

(defun org-heading-content ()
  (interactive)
  (let (bp ep)
    (setq bp (save-excursion
               (or (and (outline-previous-heading)
                        (progn (org-end-of-meta-data)
                               (point)))
                   (point-min)))
          ep (save-excursion
               (or (and (outline-next-heading) (point))
                   (point-max))))
    (buffer-substring-no-properties bp ep)))

Richard Parsons writes:

> John, many thanks for your reply.
>
> Regarding subheadings, I would only want the content of the current
> sub-item, so if it is a subheading I only want the text from after the
> subheading (and after its property drawer) up to the next heading (or the
> end of the file).
>
> Also, when I run your code on a paragraph, I just get the contents from
> that paragraph (rather than all paragraphs in that item). Maybe "item" is
> the wrong work, is "node" better?
>
> Maybe I need to write some code using the org motion commands in order to
> manually identify the region that I'm looking for.
>
> Many thanks
> Richard
>
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:45 AM, John Kitchin <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know of a function. Something like this may be what you want.
>> not all elements have :contents-begin though
>>
>> (let ((el (org-element-context)))
>>  (buffer-substring-no-properties
>>  (org-element-property :contents-begin el)
>>  (org-element-property :contents-end el)))
>>
>>
>> It also a little tricky to figure out what to do about subheadings. Do
>> they count as content or not?
>>
>> Richard Parsons writes:
>>
>> > Hi there
>> >
>> > Is there a function that will give me the content of the current item? I
>> > mean simply the text of the whole item without its heading or properties
>> > drawer.
>> >
>> > It seems to me likely that such a function would exist, but I haven't
>> been
>> > able to find it in the documentation.
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> > Richard
>>
>>
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>> Professor John Kitchin
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>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>> 412-268-7803
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>>


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Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
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