Arne did post a great comment about the issue of only supporting a sub-set of Org-mode syntax within lazyblorg. Although I explained my reasons to write my own Org-mode parser, he made me think.
I already knew pandoc which is a universal document converter. However, I was not aware that I could use pandoc within Python via pypandoc.
A short test did light up my mind: import pypandoc; pypandoc.convert('- foo bar', 'html', format='org')
resulted in u'<ul>\n<li><strong>foo</strong> bar</li>\n</ul>\n'
.
Well, this is a game changer.
Not only I could have made my Org-mode parser and HTML-izer much simpler in the first place. I now can easily add Org-mode elements which are not yet supported by my own parser.
As a first step, I integrated support for tables via pypandoc. So far, I am pleased by the result although I still have to test it in real life. Next will be support for lists.
Further more, I am thinking of using pypandoc as a fall-back converter for all not yet supported Org-mode syntax elements (via my own converter, of course).
Next steps | Time range | Comment |
---|---|---|
Basic support for tables | done | This is my first lazyblorg-table! |
Basic support for itemized lists | days to weeks | |
Pypandoc as a fall-back | weeks | Let me think about this |
Stay tuned, stay curious.