A custom exporter

A custom exporter

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi all,

I'm toying with an idea of writing my own exporter backend, based on the
html one.  My question is: what should I read to learn how to do this?
I am aware of http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/ox-overview.html, but
ox-\(element-\)?docstrings look a bit scary.  I thought that reading
the source code of some existing backend alongside the docstrings might
be helpful.  Am I right?  Do you have any suggestions as to which one to
choose first?  How did the authors of existing backends start learning
how to do that, and do they have any tips for their younger colleague;)?

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: A custom exporter

[Josiah Schwab]

> I'm toying with an idea of writing my own exporter backend, based on the
> html one.  My question is: what should I read to learn how to do this?
> I am aware of http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/ox-overview.html, but
> ox-\(element-\)?docstrings look a bit scary.  I thought that reading
> the source code of some existing backend alongside the docstrings might
> be helpful.  Am I right?  Do you have any suggestions as to which one to
> choose first?  How did the authors of existing backends start learning
> how to do that, and do they have any tips for their younger colleague;)?

I'm also very much in the inexperienced camp, but I did find that
reading though a derived exporter (I read the ox-md.el) was useful.
Between that and asking couple of questions on this mailing list, I was
able to write the minimal exporter I needed.

Best,
Josiah