> I don't know how to implement similar functionality like monolith with > url-retrieve-synchronously + save-buffer. PATCH welcome.
Sorry, I missed that the default 'url attach method exists already. > Of course curl and wget is alternative options, just still same problem. Don't > know how to download web page as a single file and save it as archive file. If > use other ways, it's just another org-board. Then this patch will be > unnecessary. Well. org-board is not built-in. And curl or wget are much more likely to be installed. They can serve as a good fallback alternative to monolith. Best, Ihor stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > > Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> If have better solution, I totally agree with that. >> >> In the current state, your patch will be pretty much useless for users >> without technical background. >> >> url-retrieve-synchronously + save-buffer should be a better default. It >> will be available for all users. >> > > I don't know how to implement similar functionality like monolith with > url-retrieve-synchronously + save-buffer. PATCH welcome. > >> Ideally, there should be several customisation options. Something like: >> - url-retrieve-synchronously >> - curl >> - wget >> - monolith > > Of course curl and wget is alternative options, just still same problem. Don't > know how to download web page as a single file and save it as archive file. If > use other ways, it's just another org-board. Then this patch will be > unnecessary. > >> >> Also, it would be great if you provide some description about each >> customisation in the docstring. For example, a link to github page of >> monolith and a brief description how it is different from other url >> retrieval methods should be useful for general user. > > This is good solution, I will improve option description. > >> >> Best, >> Ihor >> >> >> stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> >>> Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>>> This looks helpful, but I think this should be an add-on rather than >>>>> integrated into the org-attach. I'm glad to learn about monolith, but >>>>> far fewer users are likely to have it installed than have wget or curl >>>>> installed. You might also want to check out org-board, which has similar >>>>> functionality: >>>> >>>> It does not mean that attaching URL directly is not worth including into >>>> org. This sounds pretty common use case, especially considering the number >>>> of packages providing similar feature. You mentioned org-board, but >>>> there is also org-download and org-web-tools. >>> >>> That's right, this phenomenon represents an obviously situation, Org Mode >>> should >>> have this functionality. >>> >>>> >>>> I agree that monolith is completely uncommon tool and I would not expect >>>> the majority of users to have it installed, but the same functionality >>>> utilising built-in url.el (as a default) should be acceptable. >>> >>> If have better solution, I totally agree with that. >>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Ihor >>>> >>>> >>>> Matthew Lundin <m...@imapmail.org> writes: >>>> >>>>> stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> writes: >>>>> >>>>>> I attached the patch. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think this feature will be helpful for use who archive web page data >>>>>> usually >>>>>> like me. To be more portable, I also added an defcustom option for other >>>>>> external command. And use an if condition to detect whether external >>>>>> command >>>>>> available, else warning user. >>>>> >>>>> This looks helpful, but I think this should be an add-on rather than >>>>> integrated into the org-attach. I'm glad to learn about monolith, but >>>>> far fewer users are likely to have it installed than have wget or curl >>>>> installed. You might also want to check out org-board, which has similar >>>>> functionality: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/scallywag/org-board >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Matt >>>>> >>> >>> >>> - -- >>> [ stardiviner ] >>> I try to make every word tell the meaning that I want to express. >>> >>> Blog: https://stardiviner.github.io/ >>> IRC(freenode): stardiviner, Matrix: stardiviner >>> GPG: F09F650D7D674819892591401B5DF1C95AE89AC3 >>> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> iQFIBAEBCAAyFiEE8J9lDX1nSBmJJZFAG13xyVromsMFAl7PXKoUHG51bWJjaGls >>> ZEBnbWFpbC5jb20ACgkQG13xyVromsOiMQf9EY7ES42hWxdjgFqiN0UqPGssRd+l >>> fcvhb+yiT5/71TYA8YbQOF0Pa2SpUBgGUw+hcHUd9aDXxAP+4ucmP4bZ/vx29UTN >>> T7YpOvuc5ZkafiN5bWghij1dLYhfi2CMDGGduU9rvjSleaRMhoX12wo8OM2qBHDm >>> 2bqWHrZsGVPsNlAK3ymN3PdmwOtxktRVUxWZOug3ZF6LYnEHWRp/rb6lvS2BF3Ej >>> qNazerYVcpfDsOiCWTSrjos2gnITT2pSlnxmrQFO69Pvex+T2dEJL7raNyuXi3Qd >>> jn5uayrnHn4ZeUwSfmAQiqvq2TsFZ5zvtH0nKM+4tp/6gSgEuTw9gYaoBQ== >>> =qrFy >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> > > > - -- > [ stardiviner ] > I try to make every word tell the meaning that I want to express. > > Blog: https://stardiviner.github.io/ > IRC(freenode): stardiviner, Matrix: stardiviner > GPG: F09F650D7D674819892591401B5DF1C95AE89AC3 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQFIBAEBCAAyFiEE8J9lDX1nSBmJJZFAG13xyVromsMFAl7P4CwUHG51bWJjaGls > ZEBnbWFpbC5jb20ACgkQG13xyVromsMnIgf+MR3SvdlaxKofkSPZjYknvJ/MwUy4 > iJOFYe0VRUXcNyjkQVGToNVVM50rWodR29LSXy8F1WbvgjDZb0arktsjOpjy+0Oq > R/7JiE7Y8lXYPlmn+Gcqoijcuoo0tNNaE8ia6U9uYbhp8I1Whd0Jhx5kWiXCxlWe > AMf2Yz4mw2CJc67W1MVUPM/2nq8+GhduLmY7UPw56A6ph+H2HD/AO+FzgL0dlivP > lV3EKCc7j5kA5uzXqbqfWJZdylH4cUbzdHHePsW+EpWodF/tcJcGJmlIm/PUNuEX > MsIkkKQt7QFLvr47vROVrJczEjT70ZdjWqjTZf5/esEsRUhb+m8uDbgc5g== > =c9Pj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ihor Radchenko, PhD, Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano) State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China Email: yanta...@gmail.com, ihor_radche...@alumni.sutd.edu.sg
