emacs org-mode for txt files editing
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:47 pm
Hi,
I've been using org mode in Emacs as an alternative to d2excel for txt files editing, and I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to share my habits.
Globally org-mode is an Emacs plugin that add logic to plain text files https://orgmode.org/manual/Summary.html#Summary
It has a feature that converts text region in tables, with the command :
M-x org-table-convert-region
Here's an example of the first lines and columns of Weapons.txt :
For me it has proven to be quite efficient when working with txt files.
The only problem is that it had no reverse table command included, so I made my own in bash which uses POSIX sed and this is what I want to share today.
This is by no means a good way of coding, and criticism is of course welcomed, but this had been so useful to me that I still decided to share it.
You call it like this : /path/to/program program txtfile1 txtfile2 ...
Have a good day,
Bontrand
I've been using org mode in Emacs as an alternative to d2excel for txt files editing, and I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to share my habits.
Globally org-mode is an Emacs plugin that add logic to plain text files https://orgmode.org/manual/Summary.html#Summary
It has a feature that converts text region in tables, with the command :
M-x org-table-convert-region
Here's an example of the first lines and columns of Weapons.txt :
| name | type | type2 | code | alternateGfx | namestr | version | compactsave | rarity | spawnable | mindam | maxdam | 1or2handed | 2handed | | Hand Axe | axe | | hax | hax | hax | 0 | | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | | | Axe | axe | | axe | axe | axe | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | | | | Double Axe | axe | | 2ax | axe | 2ax | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | | | | Military Pick | axe | | mpi | axe | mpi | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | | | | War Axe | axe | | wax | hax | wax | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | | | | Large Axe | axe | | lax | lax | lax | 0 | | 4 | 1 | | | | 1 | | Broad Axe | axe | | bax | lax | bax | 0 | | 4 | 1 | | | | 1 | | Battle Axe | axe | | btx | btx | btx | 0 | | 4 | 1 | | | | 1 | | Great Axe | axe | | gax | btx | gax | 0 | | 4 | 1 | | | | 1 | | Giant Axe | axe | | gix | gix | gix | 0 | | 4 | 1 | | | | 1 | | Wand | wand | | wnd | wnd | wnd | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | | | Yew Wand | wand | | ywn | ywn | ywn | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | | | | Bone Wand | wand | | bwn | bwn | bwn | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | | | | Grim Wand | wand | | gwn | bwn | gwn | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | | | Club | club | | clb | clb | clb | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | |
For me it has proven to be quite efficient when working with txt files.
The only problem is that it had no reverse table command included, so I made my own in bash which uses POSIX sed and this is what I want to share today.
This is by no means a good way of coding, and criticism is of course welcomed, but this had been so useful to me that I still decided to share it.
You call it like this : /path/to/program program txtfile1 txtfile2 ...
Code: Select all
#!/bin/bash
for file in "$@"
do
read line < "$file"
if [[ "$line" =~ ^\|.* ]]
then
sed -E "s/ +/ /g" -i "$file" #squeeze " "
sed -E "s/\| ([^|])/|\1/g" -i "$file"
sed -E "s/([^|]) \|/\1|/g" -i "$file"
sed -E "s/^\|//g" -i "$file"
sed -E "s/\|\r//g" -i "$file"
sed -E "s/\|([^|]+)/\t\1/g" -i "$file"
sed -E "s/ $//g" -i "$file"
sed -E 's/ \t/\t/g' -i "$file"
sed -E 's/$/\r/g' -i "$file"
fi
done;
Bontrand