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Re: get the body of a heading up to the next subheading


From: Ihor Radchenko
Subject: Re: get the body of a heading up to the next subheading
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 22:38:03 +0800

> Thanks! Here is what I am currently using:

Note that your code may fail if there is an inline task in the body.

Best,
Ihor

John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks! Here is what I am currently using:
>
> (defun canvas-org-get-heading-body ()
>   "Return the body of the current heading up to the next heading."
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
>     (unless (org-at-heading-p)
>       (org-previous-visible-heading 1))
>     (org-end-of-meta-data)
>     (buffer-substring (point)
>                     (progn (re-search-forward org-heading-regexp nil 'mv)
>                            (line-beginning-position)))))
>
> So far it gets what I want. I am pretty sure I have reinvented this,
> maybe even from code I wrote before... I couldn't find my answer on SO
> or my blog though.
>
> Ihor Radchenko <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> You may use something similar to org-quick-peek--get-entry-text from
>> org-quick-peek package (https://github.com/alphapapa/org-quick-peek):
>>
>> (cl-defun org-quick-peek--get-entry-text (marker &key keep-drawers 
>> keep-planning)
>>   "Return Org entry text from node at MARKER.
>> If KEEP-DRAWERS is non-nil, drawers will be kept, otherwise
>> removed."
>>   ;; Modeled after `org-agenda-get-some-entry-text'
>>   (let (text)
>>     (with-current-buffer (marker-buffer marker)
>>       ;; Get raw entry text
>>       (org-with-wide-buffer
>>        (goto-char marker)
>>        ;; Skip heading
>>        (end-of-line 1)
>>        ;; Get entry text
>>        (setq text (buffer-substring
>>                    (point)
>>                    (or (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))
>>                        (point-max))))))
>>     (with-temp-buffer
>>       (org-mode)
>>       (insert text)
>>       (unless keep-drawers
>>         (goto-char (point-min))
>>         (while (re-search-forward org-drawer-regexp nil t)
>>           ;; Remove drawers
>>           (delete-region (match-beginning 0)
>>                          (progn (re-search-forward
>>                                  "^[ \t]*:END:.*\n?" nil 'move)
>>                                 (point)))))
>>       (unless keep-planning
>>         (goto-char (point-min))
>>         (while (re-search-forward org-planning-line-re nil t)
>>           ;; Remove planning line
>>           (kill-whole-line)))
>>       (setq text (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max))))
>>     (-reduce-r #'funcall (reverse (cons text (cons #'identity 
>> org-quick-peek-filter-functions))))))
>>
>> Best,
>> Ihor
>>
>> John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I am trying to get the body of a heading up to the next subheading. For
>>> example with this org file,
>>>
>>> * quiz one
>>>
>>> This is the description.
>>> Use emacs for this.
>>>
>>> ** question 1
>>> what is 40 + 2
>>>
>>> If the point is in the first heading, I want to run a function that would
>>> return the string "This is the description.\nUse emacs for this."
>>>
>>> I thought there was a simple way to do that, but so far it has eluded my
>>> google fu. Any hints?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> Professor John Kitchin
>>> Doherty Hall A207F
>>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>>> Carnegie Mellon University
>>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>>> 412-268-7803
>>> @johnkitchin
>>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>
>
> --
> Professor John Kitchin
> Doherty Hall A207F
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> 412-268-7803
> @johnkitchin
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu

-- 
Ihor Radchenko,
PhD,
Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano)
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong 
University, Xi'an, China
Email: address@hidden, address@hidden



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