You might find a function like this one: https://github.com/jkitchin/techela-emacs/blob/master/techela-grade.el#L149
helpful. There are some variations that do similar things. 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 On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:51 AM Nik Clayton <n...@ngo.org.uk> wrote: > Hoi, > > Is there an API for manipulating properties that are set in #+PROPERTY > lines before the first headline of a file (i.e., not in a property drawer)? > > I've got some properties that (a) make sense when set for the whole file, > and (b) the file contains multiple first level headings (which isn't going > to change). > > Using org-entry-put when point is before the first headline throws a > "Before first headline" error (when when the #+PROPERTY line already exists > and I want to update an existing entry). > > N >
