[Orgmode] Re: orgmode and physical fitness training

[Eric Schulte]

Mikael Fornius <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks for org-collector.el, now I have read it and tried it out.
>
> It is very nice to have the possibility to evaluate lisp expressions as
> values, that is something missing in org-columns!
>

I'm happy someone else is finding it useful!

>
> But it was only a few seconds faster than column-view and column dblock
> and therefore not fast enough for my slow computer ;-). I timed it to 62
> seconds to insert exercise data table for one year (83 headings) with 4
> columns and no calculations.
>
> * ELP Profiling Results 
>
> |---------------------------+-------+--------------+--------------|
> | org-dblock-write:propview |     1 |    62.158395 |    62.158395 |
> | org-propview-collect      |     1 |    60.578724 |    60.578724 |
> | org-map-entries           |     1 |    60.519551 |    60.519551 |
> | org-scan-tags             |     1 |    60.267157 |    60.267157 |
> | org-entry-properties      |    94 | 57.451918999 | 0.6111906276 |
> | org-get-tags-at           |    94 | 54.069399999 | 0.5752063829 |
> | org-up-heading-all        |   365 | 53.664638999 | 0.1470264082 |
> | outline-up-heading        |   365 |    53.647627 |    0.1469798 |
> | outline-previous-heading  | 29751 | 39.418412999 | 0.0013249441 |
> | org-outline-level         | 30306 | 6.0971540000 | 0.0002011863 |
> | org-split-string          |   555 | 2.0629750000 | 0.0037170720 |
> |---------------------------+-------+--------------+--------------|
>
> It is clear from above who is the time thief.
>

Speeding up these functions would also pay off if/when org-mode is used
on more portable handheld computers.

>
> Attaches diff if interested :-)

Thanks,

I will certainly apply this to org-collector.el.  In fact if you would
be interested in collaborating on this tool --for speed, stability,
cleaner arguments and results printing-- I could upload this to worg
where we could both make changes.

Best -- Eric

>
> *** /home/mfo/org/org-collector.el~   2008-11-07 17:19:12.000000000 +0100
> --- /home/mfo/org/org-collector.el    2008-11-07 18:14:23.000000000 +0100
> ***************
> *** 27,45 ****
>   Otherwise if prop looks like a list (meaning it starts with a
>   '(') then read it as lisp, otherwise return it unmodified as a
>   string."
> !   (if (stringp prop)
> !       (if prop
> !       (let ((out (string-to-number prop)))
> !         (if (equal out 0)
> !             (if (or (equal "(" (substring prop 0 1)) (equal "'" (substring 
> prop 0 1)))
> !                 (read prop)
> !                 (if (string-match "^\\(+0\\|-0\\|0\\)$" prop)
> !                     0
> !                     (progn (set-text-properties 0 (length prop) nil prop)
> !                            prop)))
> !             out))
> !       nil)
> !       prop))
>   
>   (defun org-dblock-write:propview (params)
>     "collect the column specification from the #+cols line
> --- 27,43 ----
>   Otherwise if prop looks like a list (meaning it starts with a
>   '(') then read it as lisp, otherwise return it unmodified as a
>   string."
> !   (if (and (stringp prop) (not (equal prop "")))
> !       (let ((out (string-to-number prop)))
> !     (if (equal out 0)
> !         (if (or (equal "(" (substring prop 0 1)) (equal "'" (substring prop 
> 0 1)))
> !             (read prop)
> !           (if (string-match "^\\(+0\\|-0\\|0\\)$" prop)
> !               0
> !             (progn (set-text-properties 0 (length prop) nil prop)
> !                    prop)))
> !       out))
> !     prop))
>   
>   (defun org-dblock-write:propview (params)
>     "collect the column specification from the #+cols line
>
> /Mikael Fornius