new syntax of completion and preparation functions for publishing

new syntax of completion and preparation functions for publishing

[Julien Cubizolles]

According to ORG-NEWS:

"Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
through the ~project-plist~ variable."

I'd like to try to improve on my configuration of projects but I'm
unsure hot to use this new feature. How do you use it ?

Julien.

Re: new syntax of completion and preparation functions for publishing

[Arun Isaac]

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> I'd like to try to improve on my configuration of projects but I'm
> unsure hot to use this new feature. How do you use it?

I maintain my blog with org mode. One of my preparation functions
generates an atom feed for my blog. This function uses
`org-publish-get-base-files' to get the path to the org source files
corresponding to my blog posts. In order to supply the PROJECT argument
of `org-publish-get-base-files', I need to know the project-plist.

In general, the preparation function having access to project-plist is a
very useful feature. Many a time, it avoids the need to get the plist
indirectly by accessing org-publish-project-alist or by some other means.

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Re: new syntax of completion and preparation functions for publishing

[Julien Cubizolles]

Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> writes:

> In general, the preparation function having access to project-plist is a
> very useful feature. Many a time, it avoids the need to get the plist
> indirectly by accessing org-publish-project-alist or by some other means.

I've never played with plists before, could you please provide a code
sample ?

Regards,

Julien.

Re: new syntax of completion and preparation functions for publishing

[Arun Isaac]

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> I've never played with plists before, could you please provide a code
> sample?

Do read the following section in the "GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual" about
property lists.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Property-Lists.html

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