From: John J Foerch <jjfoerch@earthlink.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-log-note-headings 'state
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:45:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k423jaaj.fsf@hecubus.retroj.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4F74D3C0.80005@alum.mit.edu
Ilya Shlyakhter <ilya_shl@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> On 3/27/2012 9:49 PM, John J Foerch wrote:
>>>> These thoughts lead me to suggest that maybe org-log-note-headings is no
>>>> longer sufficient to its original purpose, because extensions wish to
>>>> parse state changes, but that blocks users from configuring the formats.
>>>> Perhaps it is time to replace it with something that guarantees ability
>>>> to parse.
>> I have been experimenting with parsing the format-string to build a
>> regexp to match the generated-strings. This approach depends upon the
>> parsability of the expansions of each of the percent-codes. As concerns
>> org-log-note-headings, %t, %T, %d, %D, %s, %S, and %u all have parseable
>> expansions, as far as I can tell. I'm not sure about %U, but if the
>> rest of the string is not too complicated, it shouldn't be a problem.
>> Format-code flag, width, and precision add some complexity to the
>> problem of generating regexps to match the codes, and I haven't done
>> that bit yet. Overall I think this could be a very viable approach, and
>> I'll paste my scraps of code below:
>>
>> ;;; parsing state changes
>> ;;;
>
> Thanks a lot -- I also need the ability to parse state changes for an
> extension I am writing. It'll be very useful if you could post the
> final working version of your patch for this.
>
> thanks,
>
> ilya
Will do.
--
John Foerch
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-21 2:21 org-log-note-headings 'state John J Foerch
2012-03-27 22:26 ` Bastien
2012-03-28 1:49 ` John J Foerch
2012-03-29 21:27 ` Ilya Shlyakhter
2012-03-29 22:45 ` John J Foerch [this message]
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