Richard Parsons <richard.lee.pars...@gmail.com> writes: Hi Richard, > > I have a node with properties and I would like to merge that data into > a template. For example: > > * Dogs > ** Fido > :PROPERTIES: > :BREED: West Highland Terrier > :COLOR: White > :AGE: 2 > :END: > * Templates > ** Dog Template > Your dog, called [HEADLINE], is a [COLOR] [BREED], who is [AGE] years old. > > I want to merge the item called "Fido" into the template called "Dog > Template". > > Could someone point me to the right bit of the manual
I think that the only way to extract the information of a property, in org, is column view.[1] However you may be able to use something like perl or awk to extract the info and babel to use in the org file. I'm a babel ignorant. CCed Eric Schulte for help ;-) hth, Giovanni [1] But you'll end with this: * DOGS ** Fido :PROPERTIES: :ID: dog :COLUMNS: %dog %ITEM %is %BREED %whos %AGE %old :dog: Your dog, called :is: , is a :BREED: West Highland Terrier :COLOR: White :whos: , who is :AGE: 2 :old: years old. :END: ** Templates *** Dog Template Your dog, called [HEADLINE], is a [COLOR] [BREED], who is [AGE] years old. *** Dog column #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id dog | dog | ITEM | is | BREED | whos | AGE | old | |------------------+---------+--------+-----------------------+----------+-----+------------| | Your dog, called | ** Fido | , is a | West Highland Terrier | , who is | 2 | years old. | #+END
