That's perfect John, works a treat! Thank you very much.
Simon. ------- On Mon, 16 Feb 2015, at 02:59 PM, John Kitchin wrote: > I think if you change (org-org-export-as-org nil t t) to > (org-org-export-as-org nil t) you would get the section content. I > didn't test it though. > > si...@psilas.com writes: > > > Thanks very much for this John. As you say, the normal export "C-c C-e > > C-s O o" does not work as expected. Your function exported the > > properties properly, but seemed to work on the visible text only and > > wouldn't export the content of headings (unless I unfold them all prior > > to import). If the article was like this: > > > > * DONE Article One > > :PROPERTIES: > > :EXPORT_TITLE: An Interesting Article > > :EXPORT_AUTHOR: Simon Jones > > :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: an-interesting-article > > :EXPORT_DATE: 2015-02-16 > > :END: > > > > Article content .... > > > > ** Section title > > Section content > > > > it would export as intended but without the section content. Thanks > > again for your time. > > > > Simon > > ------- > > > > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015, at 12:54 PM, John Kitchin wrote: > >> Change :EXPORT_FILENAME: an-interesting-article to :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: > >> an-interesting-article > >> > >> Then, > >> > >> C-c C-e C-s O o > >> > >> should export to that file. I notice in the org export that the > >> properties are not getting exported, and even the headline is not > >> exported as the title though. > >> > >> Here is a function that seems to do what you want. > >> > >> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > >> (defun export-subtree () > >> (interactive) > >> (let ((fname (concat (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_FILE_NAME") > >> ".org")) > >> (author (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_AUTHOR")) > >> (title (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_TITLE")) > >> (date (org-entry-get (point) "EXPORT_DATE")) > >> (content (progn (set-buffer (org-org-export-as-org nil t t)) > >> (buffer-string)))) > >> ;; warning you can delete something unintentionally > >> (when (file-exists-p fname) (delete-file fname)) > >> (find-file fname) > >> (insert "#+TITLE: " title "\n") > >> (insert "#+AUTHOR: " author "\n") > >> (insert "#+DATE: " date "\n") > >> (insert "\n" content) > >> ;; remove properties drawer. Kind of hacky. > >> (goto-char (point-min)) > >> (re-search-forward ":PROPERTIES:") > >> (setf (buffer-substring > >> (org-element-property :begin (org-element-context)) > >> (org-element-property :end (org-element-context))) > >> "") > >> (save-buffer))) > >> > >> (export-subtree) > >> #+END_SRC > >> > >> si...@psilas.com writes: > >> > >> > Hi there, > >> > > >> > I think I must be missing something. > >> > > >> > I have a collection of articles in one org file (under separate > >> > headings). I can export these as a subtree using Org's normal export > >> > function as html etc., but I want to export the selected subtree as an > >> > individual org file using the properties under each heading.) > >> > > >> > In other words I want to export this subtree ... > >> > * DONE Article One > >> > :PROPERTIES: > >> > :EXPORT_TITLE: An Interesting Article > >> > :EXPORT_AUTHOR: Simon Jones > >> > :EXPORT_FILENAME: an-interesting-article > >> > :EXPORT_DATE: 2015-02-16 > >> > :END: > >> > > >> > Article content .... > >> > > >> > into an Org file entitled 'an-interesting-article.org' that looks like > >> > this ... > >> > > >> > #+TITLE: An Interesting Article > >> > #+AUTHOR: Simon Jones > >> > #+DATE: 2015-02-16 > >> > > >> > Article content... > >> > > >> > Can anyone help me with this? I'm very sorry if I'm missing something > >> > obvious. > >> > > >> > Simon. > >> > >> -- > >> Professor John Kitchin > >> Doherty Hall A207F > >> Department of Chemical Engineering > >> Carnegie Mellon University > >> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > >> 412-268-7803 > >> @johnkitchin > >> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu > > -- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu