Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos <at> hp.com> writes: > Try > import sys > sys.stdout.write("[%d]" % val)
Thanks. That works fine. > (shell-command "nextnum" t) This worked fine. > > It may be necessary to specify a complete path to the command. I diodnt need to because the .BAT file was in a directory which is part of the PAHT list. By the way, I had to include a beginning line of @ECHO OFF in the bat file. > But I still don't understand why you need an external program: what is > wrong with (insert (format "[%s]" (org-id-new)))? Are the IDs too ugly > or is there some other problem? I'm struggling to find documentation or installing and using org-id. I added the line (require 'org-id) to my .eamcs file then discovered a variable to customise the method to internal or to use an external command uuidgen which doesnt exist on Windows. How do I change the name of the external command from uuidgent to nextnum > The trouble with unique IDs in files is that it's easy for them to get > out of sync (leading to non-uniqueness), e.g. if there are two processes > trying to get a unique id at the same time. This shouldnt be a problem as I am the only user. Thanks for your help, Charles _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode