Re: Filtering in export hooks

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Sep 6, 2011, at 11:08 AM, suvayu ali wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Carsten Dominik
> <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> But this only works when tags: is non-nil. Any hints on how I could
>>> achieve something that "works always"?
>> 
>> May be I do not understand, but how about
>> 
>> (let ((match "tag1|tag2"))
>>  (when match
>>   (org-map-entries (lambda () (my-preprocess-function))
>>                   match)))
>> 
> 
> Sorry after going through my email again I realised it was ambiguous.
> When I say it doesn't work, I don't mean Org throws an error when
> tags:nil is set. The preprocessing gets skipped.

Which of the preprocessing hooks are you using?  I am still confused
by your description, maybe you can make a small example and show exactly what works and what does not work?

- Carsten

> 
> To restate my intentions more clearly; I want to preprocess headlines
> that match the tags list "tag1|tag2" during latex export irrespective
> of how the tags: option is setup. If this is not possible by a tags
> match, what are my alternatives?
> 
>> - Carsten
> 
> Thanks a lot. :)
> 
> -- 
> Suvayu
> 
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.

- Carsten