Re: Splitting large org file into smaller ones

[Marvin M. Doyley]

Cool! I will try this too

Thanks

Cheers,
M

> On May 30, 2020, at 6:23 PM, Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marvin,
> 
> I replied to a similar question some time ago, here's my answer (with
> updated links since the files have changed in the meantime):
> 
> I do something similar in my ox-leanpub-book module [1], which exports
> each top-level heading to a different file. The general idea is to use
> =org-map-entries= to loop over the entire buffer [2]. The function you
> call can then check whether the current entry is a header at the level
> you want [3] and then export it to the corresponding file. The title
> can be used to deduct the filename [4].
> 
> I found that I had to mark the entire subtree before calling the
> export function [5], otherwise the headline was not getting included
> in the export.
> 
> I based my code originally on this blog post, which might be a simpler
> starting point:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__medium.com_-40lakshminp_publishing-2Da-2Dbook-2Dusing-2Dorg-2Dmode-2D9e817a56d144&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=exfuDxb81D5anZ5KD-hCvUI4PRaQxsb812EaBW3b9p4&e=
>  
> - this code does not select the entire subtree before exporting, which
> means only the contents of the section is exported, but not the
> headline itself.
> 
> I wrote a simplified function which puts the above ideas together,
> feel free to use it:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gist.github.com_zzamboni_2e6ac3c4f577249d98efb224d9d34488&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=ARDFenWJJT9XTsBKAReDC6bDx9VwbP3ADCw3o-_hQbY&e=
>  
> 
> Hope this helps!
> --Diego
> 
> [1] 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_zzamboni_ox-2Dleanpub_tree_book-2Dand-2Dmarkua&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=peXBLnzs1ABFnCABzVUsley3-VMFDR0_2oLF3TgiBPM&e=
>  
> [2] 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_zzamboni_ox-2Dleanpub_blob_f7ae0f86f517a321a5150e1c712554b12acf144b_ox-2Dleanpub-2Dbook.el-23L216-2DL217&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=3K2q6g7FxxjjxKJZtqdsE5bpMFT6RTf3S4mmyldNdLw&e=
>  
> [3] 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_zzamboni_ox-2Dleanpub_blob_f7ae0f86f517a321a5150e1c712554b12acf144b_ox-2Dleanpub-2Dbook.el-23L145&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=QOtk1D413Gju7Agm6zgbAMlIwww6e-UV1SZsjomzuZA&e=
>  
> [4] 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_zzamboni_ox-2Dleanpub_blob_f7ae0f86f517a321a5150e1c712554b12acf144b_ox-2Dleanpub-2Dbook.el-23L154-2DL158&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=ynLKEu4CLjIJqR3y3zl2UMEkS_onMBSSb2TDwOaixt4&e=
>  
> [5] 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_zzamboni_ox-2Dleanpub_blob_f7ae0f86f517a321a5150e1c712554b12acf144b_ox-2Dleanpub-2Dbook.el-23L192&d=DwIBaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=249GZv4Zgx7zyEm64J3m2eEYuchXSdodRltw_gmrqlg&s=quomDHaK1zPArr8wu5m8uwkgug6NZ6eDChE5VMZwrG4&e=
>  
> 
> On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 12:08 PM Marvin M. Doyley
> <mdoyley@ur.rochester.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Is there an efficient way to split a large org file into smaller ones?
>> 
>> Lets say I have a master file with the following
>> 
>> 
>> * Notes
>> **  Candidate A
>> - Strong technical background
>> - High H-factor
>> - good funding
>> - More established investigator
>> - Huge startup need $$
>> 
>> **  Candidate B
>> - lower startup need
>> - signal processing
>> - young investigator
>> 
>> 
>> How do I export the subtree to separate org files, say
>> 
>> - Candidate-a.org
>> - Candidate-b.org
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> M