Re: Is it possible to repeat a block of org-mode text on export, maybe with replacement?

[Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>]

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Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com> writes:

> I don't know if this is beyond the capabilities of org-mode or not.  I'd
> like to have a block of text repeated multiple times with slight
> variations.  For the sake of the example, a numbered list:
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 1. this is the second line with %VARIANT% as the value
> 1. this is the third line
>
> When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with foo as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with bar as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> 1. this is the first line
> 2. this is the second line with baz as the value
> 3. this is the third line
>
> I'm not sure how to go about this; I assume I'd use org-babel with source
> blocks that contain org-mode text or elisp or something.
>

The following Org-mode file.


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#+Title: Example demonstrating repetition of a block of text

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When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:

#+call: w/replacement(replacement="foo") :results list
#+call: w/replacement(replacement="bar") :results list
#+call: w/replacement(replacement="baz") :results list

* COMMENT Support

#+name: lines
1. this is the first line
2. this is the second line with %VARIANT% as the value
3. this is the third line

#+name: w/replacement
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var lines=lines :var replacement="rep" :results list
  (mapcar (lambda (line)
            (replace-regexp-in-string
             (regexp-quote "%VARIANT%") replacement line 'fixedcase))
          lines)
#+end_src

#+RESULTS: w/replacement
- this is the first line
- this is the second line with rep as the value
- this is the third line

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exports to the following ASCII


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             EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATING REPETITION OF A BLOCK OF
                                  TEXT
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Table of Contents
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  When exported, say as ASCII, I'd like this:

  - this is the first line
  - this is the second line with foo as the value
  - this is the third line

  - this is the first line
  - this is the second line with bar as the value
  - this is the third line

  - this is the first line
  - this is the second line with baz as the value
  - this is the third line

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Cheers,

>
> Of course if the right answer is I should write a python script to generate
> my org-mode text, well, that's OK too. :-)

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