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 -- 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