[Orgmode] Re: Q : select current org item as region

[Richard Riley]

Łukasz Stelmach <address@hidden> writes:

> Richard Riley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Łukasz Stelmach <address@hidden> writes:
>>> Richard Riley <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> What would be the best elisp way to select the current org entry? I want
>>>> a hot key to select the current item as current region (not into the
>>>> clipboard).
>>>>
>>> This is mine:
>>>
>>> (defun stl/outline-mark-subtree ()
> [...]
>>>
>>> it's derived from the original outline-mark subtree but marks an empty
>>> space before a next-same-level-heading.
>>
>> Thanks for the replies.
>>
>> Just for google completeness
>>
>>       (goto-char (org-entry-beginning-position))
>>       (set-mark (org-entry-end-position))
>>
>> seemed the most efficient after digging about a bit.
>
> It's not the same, it does not include the subtree. Take for example:
>
>
>
> * Top 1
>   Some text in the Top 1 node
> ** Bottom 1
>    Some more text.
> ** Bottom 2
>    No text at all
> * Top 2
>   Another toplevel entry.
>
>
>
> If you place point on the second line of the above example,
> (stl/)?outline-mark function will mark: Top 1, Bottom 1 and Bottom 2,
> nodes with their content. While the org-entry-(beginning|end)-position
> will provide you only with Top 1 heading and a text before Bottom 1.

Hi Lukasz,

You are right and sub trees should be included. I was just looking at that
while refitting the core blog part to be called more generally.

I used :

      (org-forward-same-level 1 t)

to do the same.

http://github.com/rileyrg/org-googlecl/blob/subtrees-0.01/org-googlecl.el

Seems to be working ok now.

regards

r.