Why not just do an ASCII export to a temporary read only buffer for viewing?
I always thought the point of Org was to have minimal markup so that the native file was plainly legible. On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 08:19:12AM +0100, Arthur Miller wrote: > Hi mailing list, > > is something like this of interest to add to org-mode? > > Attached is a prototype to a read-only view mode. It tries to hide as much of > markup as possible to make it more "readable". It uses built-in view-mode to > make the buffer read only and enable some common commands. I plan to add more > "dired like" movement though. > > I don't claim it is very well written or efficient; I appreciate input on that > regard. To note is that I use minor-modes as "toggles", to make the > functionality avialable as "solo pieces" as well as a code generation tool. > > I am just checking interest here. More info and a screencast are avialable at: > > https://github.com/amno1/org-view-mode > > ;;; org-view-mode.el --- Read-only viewer with less markup clutter in org > mode files -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- > > ;; Copyright (C) 2021 Arthur Miller > > ;; Author: Arthur Miller <arthur.mil...@live.com> > ;; Keywords: convenience, outlines, tools > > ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or > ;; (at your option) any later version. > > ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > ;; GNU General Public License for more details. > > ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > ;; along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > > ;; Author: Arthur Miller > ;; Version: 0.0.1 > ;; Keywords: tools convenience > ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.1")) > ;; URL: https://github.com/amno1/org-view-mode > > ;;; Commentary: > > ;; A minor mode to help reduce clutter in org-mode files by > ;; hiding/unhiding org-mode markup language > ;; > ;; To turn it on execute: > ;; > ;; `M-x org-view-mode'. > ;; > ;; To turn it off execute the same command. > > ;;; Issues > > ;;; Code: > (require 'org) > > (defgroup org-view nil > "Hide tags in org-headings." > :prefix "org-view-" > :group 'org) > > (defvar-local org-view-center-credentials nil > "Whether to align title and author in center or not. > > Centering is done pixel wise relative to window width.") > > (defcustom org-view-diminish-mode t > "Hide lighters for individual minor modes when org-view-mode is on." > :type 'boolean > :group 'org-view) > > (defvar org-view-stars-re "^[ \t]*\\*+" > "Regex used to recognize leading stars in org-headings.") > > (defvar org-view-credentials-re "[ \t]*#\\+\\(TITLE\\|AUTHOR\\):" > "Regex used to update author and title lines.") > > (defun org-view--update-tags (visibility) > "Update invisible property to VISIBILITY for tags in the current buffer." > (save-excursion > (goto-char (point-min)) > (with-silent-modifications > (while (re-search-forward org-view-stars-re nil t) > (goto-char (line-end-position)) > (when (re-search-backward org-tag-line-re (line-beginning-position) t) > (put-text-property > (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) 'invisible visibility)) > (forward-line))))) > > (defun org-view--update-keywords (visibility) > "Set VISIBILITY for each line starting with a keyword from KEYWORDS list." > (org-with-wide-buffer > (save-excursion > (with-silent-modifications > (goto-char (point-min)) > (while (re-search-forward "^[ \t]*#\\+.*$" nil t) > (goto-char (match-beginning 0)) > (unless (looking-at-p org-view-credentials-re) > (put-text-property > (1- (match-beginning 0)) (match-end 0) 'invisible visibility)) > (goto-char (match-end 0))))))) > > (defun org-view--update-properties (visibility) > "Set invisible property to VISIBILITY for properties in the current buffer." > (org-with-wide-buffer > (save-excursion > (with-silent-modifications > (goto-char (point-min)) > (while (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re nil t) > (put-text-property > (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) 'invisible visibility)) > (goto-char (point-min)) > (while (re-search-forward "^[ \t]*#\\+PROPERTY:.*$" nil t) > (put-text-property > (1- (match-beginning 0)) (1+ (match-end 0)) 'invisible > visibility)))))) > > (defun org-view--update-stars (visibility) > "Update invisible property to VISIBILITY for markers in the current buffer." > (org-with-wide-buffer > (save-excursion > (goto-char (point-min)) > (with-silent-modifications > (while (re-search-forward org-view-stars-re nil t) > (put-text-property > (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) 'invisible visibility)))))) > > (defun org-view--update-credentials (visibility) > "Set invisible property to VISIBILITY for export settings." > (org-with-wide-buffer > (save-excursion > (with-silent-modifications > (goto-char (point-min)) > (while (re-search-forward org-view-credentials-re nil t) > (put-text-property > (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) 'invisible visibility) > (when org-view-center-credentials > (org-view--center-in-window visibility))) > (goto-char (point-min)))))) > > (defun org-view--center-in-window (center) > "Center a line in a window pixel wise." > (save-excursion > (goto-char (line-beginning-position)) > (let ((end (line-end-position)) > (beg (line-beginning-position))) > (if center > (let* ((line (buffer-substring beg end)) > (length (/ (string-pixel-width line) 2))) > (put-text-property > beg (1+ beg) 'display `(space :align-to (- center (,length))))) > (remove-text-properties beg (1+ beg) '(display nil)))))) > > ;;;###autoload > (define-minor-mode org-view-hide-tags-mode > "Hide/show tags in org-headings." > :global nil :lighter " org-htm" > (unless (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) > (error "Not in org-mode")) > (org-view--update-tags org-view-hide-tags-mode)) > > ;;;###autoload > (define-minor-mode org-view-hide-stars-mode > "Hide/show leading stars in org-headings." > :global nil :lighter " org-hsm" > (unless (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) > (error "Not in org-mode")) > (org-view--update-stars org-view-hide-stars-mode)) > > ;;;###autoload > (define-minor-mode org-view-hide-keywords-mode > "Hide/show leading stars in org-headings." > :global nil :lighter " org-hkm" > (unless (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) > (error "Not in org-mode")) > (org-view--update-keywords org-view-hide-stars-mode)) > > ;;;###autoload > (define-minor-mode org-view-hide-properties-mode > "Hide/show properties and property drawers." > :global nil :lighter " org-hpm" > (unless (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) > (error "Not in org-mode")) > (org-view--update-properties org-view-hide-properties-mode)) > > ;;;###autoload > (define-minor-mode org-view-pretty-credentials-mode > "Prettify credentials in org-buffers." > :global nil :lighter " org-pcm" > (unless (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) > (error "Not in org-mode")) > (org-view--update-credentials org-view-pretty-credentials-mode)) > > (defun org-view-quit () > (interactive) > (org-view-mode -1) > (message "org-view mode disabled in current buffer")) > > (defvar-keymap org-view-mode-map > :doc "Keymap for ‘ORG-view-mode’" > "c" #'org-view-quit > "C" #'org-view-quit > "e" #'org-view-quit > "E" #'org-view-quit > "q" #'org-view-quit > "Q" #'org-view-quit) > > ;;;###autoload > (define-minor-mode org-view-mode > "Hide/show babel source code blocks on demand." > :global nil :lighter " org-view" :keymap org-view-mode-map > (unless (derived-mode-p 'org-mode) > (error "Not in org-mode")) > (cond (org-view-mode > (org-view-hide-tags-mode org-view-mode) > (org-view-hide-stars-mode org-view-mode) > (org-view-hide-keywords-mode org-view-mode) > (org-view-hide-properties-mode org-view-mode) > (org-view-pretty-credentials-mode org-view-mode) > (when org-view-diminish-mode > (dolist (mode '(org-view-hide-tags-mode > org-view-hide-stars-mode > org-view-hide-keywords-mode > org-view-hide-properties-mode > org-view-pretty-credentials-mode)) > (let ((mode-str (cdr (assq mode minor-mode-alist)))) > (setcar mode-str "")))) > (view-mode +1)) > (t (view-mode -1) > (org-view-hide-tags-mode -1) > (org-view-hide-stars-mode -1) > (org-view-hide-keywords-mode -1) > (org-view-hide-properties-mode -1) > (org-view-pretty-credentials-mode -1)))) > > (provide 'org-view-mode) > > ;;; org-view-mode.el ends here ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3