Hello, Alexander Adolf <alexander.ad...@condition-alpha.com> writes:
> I was missing convert-region functions in the ox-ascii export back-end > as are provided by the HTML, LaTeX, Texinfo, and MarkDown back-ends [1], > and hence crafted my own (copied below) to go into my init file. My use > case is composing emails using notmuch-message-mode. > > [1] https://orgmode.org/manual/Export-in-foreign-buffers.html > > I though this feature might be useful to others, too, and would likely > also seem a low hanging fruit to implement? ;-)) It looks like an omission, indeed. > (defun org-ascii-convert-region-to-ascii () > "Assume the current region has org-mode syntax, and convert it to plain > ASCII. > This can be used in any buffer. For example, you could write an > itemized list in org-mode syntax in a Mail buffer and then use > this command to convert it." > (interactive) > (let ((my/org-ascii-charset org-ascii-charset)) > (setq org-ascii-charset 'ascii) > (org-export-replace-region-by 'ascii) > (setq org-ascii-charset my/org-ascii-charset))) I see you are not including Latin1 export. Is there any reason to implement pure ASCII export? Wouldn't UTF-8 be sufficient? More generally, I wonder if, in 2018, it still makes sense to provide ASCII-only and Latin1 export. > (defun org-ascii-convert-region-to-utf8 () > "Assume the current region has org-mode syntax, and convert it to UTF-8. Org syntax > This can be used in any buffer. For example, you could write an > itemized list in org-mode syntax in a Mail buffer and then use in Org syntax in a mail buffer Anyway, I don't think the example is useful. > this command to convert it." > (interactive) > (let ((my/org-ascii-charset org-ascii-charset)) > (setq org-ascii-charset 'utf-8) > (org-export-replace-region-by 'ascii) > (setq org-ascii-charset my/org-ascii-charset))) I think (let ((org-ascii-charset 'utf-8)) (org-export-replace-region-by 'ascii)) would be simpler. The manual needs to be updated, too. Thank you. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
