Re: [O] Macro that calls external program

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Josh <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks! This is very helpful.
>
> I have a related question. How can I run an external program right
> before Export that takes as input the current buffer and prints out to
> stdout an updated version of the org file that then is exported?
> Basically I want to pipe the org file through a filter that is an
> external program before it is exported.

Probably one of `org-export-before-parsing-hook' or
`org-export-before-processing-hook' is where you'd hang a custom
function that does this.