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Re: [O] org-log-note-headings 'state
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John J Foerch |
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Re: [O] org-log-note-headings 'state |
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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:45:56 -0400 |
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Ilya Shlyakhter <address@hidden> writes:
> On 3/27/2012 9:49 PM, John J Foerch wrote:
>>>> These thoughts lead me to suggest that maybe org-log-note-headings is no
>>>> longer sufficient to its original purpose, because extensions wish to
>>>> parse state changes, but that blocks users from configuring the formats.
>>>> Perhaps it is time to replace it with something that guarantees ability
>>>> to parse.
>> I have been experimenting with parsing the format-string to build a
>> regexp to match the generated-strings. This approach depends upon the
>> parsability of the expansions of each of the percent-codes. As concerns
>> org-log-note-headings, %t, %T, %d, %D, %s, %S, and %u all have parseable
>> expansions, as far as I can tell. I'm not sure about %U, but if the
>> rest of the string is not too complicated, it shouldn't be a problem.
>> Format-code flag, width, and precision add some complexity to the
>> problem of generating regexps to match the codes, and I haven't done
>> that bit yet. Overall I think this could be a very viable approach, and
>> I'll paste my scraps of code below:
>>
>> ;;; parsing state changes
>> ;;;
>
> Thanks a lot -- I also need the ability to parse state changes for an
> extension I am writing. It'll be very useful if you could post the
> final working version of your patch for this.
>
> thanks,
>
> ilya
Will do.
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John Foerch