Thanks Nicolas!

John

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On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:26 AM Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > In
> >
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/55231/org-mode-export-html-add-name-attirbute-to-checkbox-input
> >
> > there was a question about modifying a checkbox export. I wrote an answer
> > using a custom translate function in a derived backend, where I could get
> > the name of the parent list pretty easily.
> >
> > It seems like that should also be possible in a filter, but I don't
> > understand how to find the parent list in that case. I think it is buried
> > in the info.
> >
> > Is there a general way to get to the org-element information for
> something
> > in an export filter function?
>
> No, there's no simple way to access the element. Filters, with a few
> exceptions, are meant to operate on strings, not on the parse tree. They
> are usual meant as a simple way to transform the output. I.e., they are
> intentionally dumbed down.
>
> You could however, use the parse-tree filter to modify the parse tree
> before export.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>

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