From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Elston Subject: Re: Selective Export Question Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:15:55 -0800 Message-ID: <4B40C2BB.6040808@comcast.net> References: <4B30662A.4010302@comcast.net> <73AED298-3401-48FC-B38E-0085B6E4FC2D@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NRT7s-0005hV-L4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:16:20 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NRT7q-0005gM-Qm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:16:20 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34789 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NRT7p-0005g4-3A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:16:17 -0500 Received: from qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.40]:53832) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NRT7o-00080w-Mg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:16:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: <73AED298-3401-48FC-B38E-0085B6E4FC2D@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: org-mode emacs-orgmode Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Mark Elston wrote: > >> I have been making progress on my use of org-mode to manage both >> my teaching notes and handouts in a single document. However, there >> is something I still have not been able to make happen. That is >> selective exporting of text *without* exporting a headline along with >> it. >> >> Here is a sample of what I would like. In this example I have sections >> with "common" text (should be in both teaching notes and handouts) and >> sections that are specific to each individual output format. What I >> have below is set up to export the notes. What I would like is to >> have the text (only) of the non-excluded sections and not the headlines. > > Hi Mark, > > I think the right path for this is a function that you write and install > in org-export-preprocess-hook. Then you can set your own conditions and > remove those headlines before Org even tries to look at them. > > HTH > > - Carsten > > > Thanks, Carsten. It is amazing how much infrastructure there is to support so many features. I wasn't aware of all the hooks available and this one escaped my attention. I will look into it. My elisp isn't as good as my C++ (or Python, or Perl...) but it is probably good enough to make use of this. Mark