That is very kind of you - many thanks indeed for your assistance.
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:05 PM, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > 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 <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> > > 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 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > -- Richard Parsons Email: richard.lee.pars...@googlemail.com
