From: "Tim O'Callaghan" <tim.ocallaghan@gmail.com>
To: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Feature Request? #+CONFIG keyword - to abstract more configuration into org files,
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:35:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3d6808890910221435p1e5b1701qc0065f2f5508263a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E0E34580-E7CB-471A-85FD-2A256FA33BCF@gmail.com>
2009/10/22 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>:
>
> On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Matt Lundin wrote:
>
>> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
>>
>>> "Tim O'Callaghan" <tim.ocallaghan@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Expand the #+<KEYWORD> in-org file configuration possibilities with
>>>> a #+CONFIG or similar keyword.
>>>>
>>>> The idea being to abstract more configuration into actual org files,
>>>> and let extensions have an easy way to use #+KEYWORD configuration. I
>>>> expect it could also be used to auto-load suitably registered
>>>> extensions/contributions.
>>>>
>>>> So for example, my org-action-verb extension might use a line like:
>>>>
>>>> #+CONFIG org-action-verb TODO|NEXT Address Ask Buy Change Clarify
>>>>
>>>> Where there is handler function CONFIG:org-action-verb, that is
>>>> defined as auto-loadable and called with the rest of the line to
>>>> configure the extension.
>>>>
>>>> I guess this mechanism could also be extended to abstract more
>>>> core-org configuration - such as agenda keys, stuck projects, or
>>>> whatever.
>>>>
>>>> what do people think?
>>>
>>> Can you use the #+BIND: keyword to set arbitrary variables and achieve
>>> the same result?
>>
>> If I understand it correctly, #+BIND only works for export related
>> variables.
>
>
> Nope, it works for any variables. It is special that is *also* works for
> export variables, which is complicated because the *output buffer* is
> current when export happens, so local variables would be out of scope.
>
> - Carsten
>
The docs do not explain this. I'll look into it.
>>
>> For local options that are not part of the default in-buffer syntax, I
>> use Local Variables. E.g.,
>>
>> ,----
>> | * COMMENT Local Variables
>> | # Local Variables:
>> | # org-footnote-section: "References"
>> | # End:
>> `----
>>
I'm using something similar at the moment, but i was thinking of a
mechanism that could also be used to load and initialise core and
contributed code without having to have a (require '<module>) or an
(eval <find org site-lisp>) in the org file(s). I'm currently working
on getting someone else to track my org files, and i don't want to
have them track my .emacs as well. The auto-loading would be more
useful than a unified abstraction of a configuration mechanism for
this.
Tim.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-22 21:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-22 19:55 Feature Request? #+CONFIG keyword - to abstract more configuration into org files, Tim O'Callaghan
2009-10-22 20:10 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-10-22 20:23 ` Matt Lundin
2009-10-22 20:28 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-10-22 21:35 ` Tim O'Callaghan [this message]
2009-10-22 21:52 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-10-22 22:11 ` Carsten Dominik
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