Re: [O] (Maybe) enhance `org-element-src-block-interpreter'?

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> writes:

> Accessor `org-element-contents' is badly missed here ...
>
> E.g. I can get locally the content of a src-block (its :value), but for
> most other elements (e.g. paragraph) that is not true. OTOH I cannot
> reuse a src-block value as the content of a (locally created) paragraph
> because this element has no :value property I could set (and its
> interpreter simply inserts 'content', which is unaccessible on local
> level). 
>
> I know this is *much* easier asked as provided:
> can getters and setters for element-content be introduced at the local
> level too? 

No, `org-element-at-point' focuses on the element at point, not elements
within. It would slow it down and make caching more complicated, for
little benefit.

> maybe via another property shared by all elements (:content
> ?). The content is probably not even parsed at local level, but anyway,
> maybe there is some kind of trick to make it accessible without parsing
> the whole buffer?
>
> The only thing that comes to my mind is narrow the buffer to
> element-at-point and then parse only this visible buffer part and return
> its content. Valid idea?

You're correct. Some cleanup is needed though (org-data + section
elements).


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou