From: John Kitchin <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>
To: Simon Thum <simon.thum@gmx.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
John Kitchin <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: More helm awesomeness
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:01:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2r3uqlc2z.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54BD6D1A.6030209@gmx.de>
Here is a more advanced function that works on your agenda files: You
run the second one:
M-x helm-query-agenda
and enter your search query in org syntax, e.g. TODO="PREPARATION" will
give you a helm menu of headlines with that TODO state.
I am not that sophisticated a user of org queries like this, so I can't
vouch it works for all of them ;)
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defun helm-agenda-candidates (query)
(let ((results '()))
(mapc (lambda (f)
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect f)
(org-map-entries
(lambda ()
(add-to-list 'results
(cons
(concat
(file-name-nondirectory f) " | "
(make-string (nth 1 (org-heading-components)) ?*)
" "
(org-get-heading))
(point-marker))))
query))) (org-agenda-files))
results))
(defun helm-query-agenda (query)
"Helm interface to headlines with TODO status in current buffer."
(interactive "sQuery: ")
(let ((candidates (helm-agenda-candidates query)))
(helm :sources '(((name . "TODO headlines")
(candidates . candidates)
(action . (("open" . (lambda (m)
(switch-to-buffer (marker-buffer m))
(goto-char m)
(show-children))))))))))
#+END_SRC
Simon Thum writes:
> Hi John,
>
> thank you for the fast response! That's more than I had hoped for, I'm
> sure I'll get through now. I'll report back when something tangible is
> there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
> On 01/19/2015 04:57 PM, John Kitchin wrote:
>> You can do something like this to get just the TODO headlines in the
>> current buffer. If you make the helm-todo-candidates map over all the
>> files in (org-agenda-files) you can make it give all the TODO
>> headings. You can change the match criteria in org-map-entries to be
>> more selective.
>>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results raw
>> (defun helm-todo-candidates ()
>> (let ((results '()))
>> (org-map-entries
>> (lambda ()
>> (add-to-list 'results
>> (cons
>> (concat (make-string (nth 1 (org-heading-components)) ?*)
>> " TODO "
>> (nth 4 (org-heading-components)))
>> (point-marker))))
>> "TODO=\"TODO\"")
>> results))
>> #+END_SRC
>>
>> #+RESULTS:
>> ((** post it . #<marker at 977 in blog.org>) (** work it out . #<marker at 941 in blog.org>))
>>
>> Now to run helm, there is a subtle point. We need to map the current buffer /before/ running helm, otherwise we will map an empty helm buffer.
>>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>> (defun helm-todo ()
>> "Helm interface to headlines with TODO status in current buffer."
>> (interactive)
>> (let ((candidates (helm-todo-candidates)))
>> (setq helm-todo-source '((name . "TODO headlines")
>> (candidates . candidates)
>> (action . (("open" . goto-char)))))
>> (helm :sources '(helm-todo-source))))
>>
>> (helm-todo)
>> Simon Thum writes:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I recently updated my helm install so it includes
>>> helm-org-agenda-headings which is just AWESOME (to me at least). A bit
>>> like org-goto but across all agenda files at once, with goto, refile,
>>> linking built in. If you haven't tried it, I definitely recommend to do so.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yet I'm missing a few things so far, I would like to have different
>>> datasources differentiated by tags, in particular the ARCHIVE tag, and
>>> the infamous FILETAGS so I cannot just regex my way through as the
>>> current approach does.
>>>
>>> This requires making more use of org-ode when filling helm's buffers. My
>>> elisp isn't great but I might be able to get there if the approach is sane.
>>>
>>> Any pointers are welcome! If you might help me please read on.
>>>
>>> I would like to ask what would be the best approach for better utilising
>>> org infrastructure so I may have separate helm sources for
>>> live/archived, private/work, the clocking history, stuff like that.
>>>
>>> The helm-org definition looks deceptively simple:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/blob/master/helm-org.el
>>>
>>> (defun helm-org-agenda-files-headings ()
>>> (interactive)
>>> (helm :sources (helm-source-org-headings-for-files (org-agenda-files))
>>> :candidate-number-limit 99999
>>> :buffer "*helm org headings*"))
>>>
>>>
>>> FWICT, in effect helm-org is chewing itself through the buffers:
>>>
>>> (defun helm-get-org-candidates-in-file (filename min-depth max-depth
>>> &optional fontify)
>>> (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect filename)
>>> (and fontify (jit-lock-fontify-now))
>>> (let ((match-fn (if fontify 'match-string 'match-string-no-properties)))
>>> (save-excursion
>>> (goto-char (point-min))
>>> (cl-loop while (re-search-forward org-complex-heading-regexp nil t)
>>> if (let ((num-stars (length (match-string-no-properties 1))))
>>> (and (>= num-stars min-depth) (<= num-stars max-depth)))
>>> collect `(,(funcall match-fn 0) . ,(point-marker)))))))
>>>
>>> I don't really get what it does but I have a hunch that org-element or
>>> other org-mode functions could be used to achieve the same with more
>>> precision. That's what I would need to do. FWIW I'd be happy to take a
>>> performance hit.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Simon
>>
>> --
>> Professor John Kitchin
>> Doherty Hall A207F
>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>> 412-268-7803
>> @johnkitchin
>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>>
--
Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
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2015-01-18 22:15 More helm awesomeness Simon Thum
2015-01-19 15:57 ` John Kitchin
2015-01-19 20:46 ` Simon Thum
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