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org-parser

org-parser is a parser for the Org mode markup language for Emacs.

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What it is

org-parser is a parser for the Org mode markup language for Emacs.

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What people are saying

I don't think you did. You probably used the sister project https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser which has a well known issue regarding what you are describing:…

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Observed mentions: 2020-06-29 06:07:41 UTC to 2026-01-10 19:21:38 UTC.

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What Hacker News says

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Groxx·Jan 10, 2026
Gotcha. Broadly agreed then (Java is a very good counter-example), though I think pypy might be succeeding quite a bit more than org-mode in terms of users... and org-mode doesn't have a language spec either afaict. It has a fairly good description of the current code's parsing behavior, but the closest I've seen to something rigorous is https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser and even that's still unfinished from the readme (and it seems probably abandoned). I haven't looked into the actual current state of things though, my last check was a couple years ago. I'd be pretty happy if things have changed, I just haven't seen any sign of that.
In Org Mode syntax is one of the most reasonable markup languages for text (2017)
adityaathalye·Jan 10, 2026
There is a written-down specification, but not a formal grammar (I assume you implied the latter): https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html The standalone project, org-parser is pretty good! https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser (usable from Javascript, Java). See also: "Formal Specification and Programmatic Parser for Org-mode" https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s0zvlh/formal_specif...
In Org Mode syntax is one of the most reasonable markup languages for text (2017)
kreyenborgi·Nov 1, 2024
Well, there's org-mode plugins for vim and vscode, github displays it just fine, pandoc processes it, there's a syntax specification at https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax-edited.html, a separate clojure implementation at https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser using EBNF, several Android and iOS apps. And Emacs has been around long enough that it's likely to keep being around for at least as long (see Lindy Effect). Org is hardly more tied up to the editor than any of the many other formats people use – all of these have more or less complete editor support depending on what features you need (e.g. if you start doing fancy literate programming in markdown, or azathoth forbid, try commenting out lines, you'll find spotty support in at least some of the existing implementations). And if you like the full combination of features that Ema
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cs+Org gives you, you'll be hard pressed to find another environment to replace that, so ... why bother? (OTOH if you only need some minor part, like html export, and you have to work with people already using other formats, then those other formats might be better.)
In Org Mode Syntax Cheat Sheet (2017)
ParetoOptimal·Jan 17, 2024
Let me start by saying I like the goal and would like to see org mode accessible to everyone, but I do have some thoughts/reservations. > For the little code I do write, I find having AI assistance (via CoPilot or Cody) to be tremendously helpful. So helpful, in fact, that I now tend to jump into VSCode for actual coding, Aren't there both copilot and Cody plugins available in emacs? edit, yes and the Cody one has first-party support: Cody: https://github.com/sourcegraph/emacs-cody (first party) copilot: https://github.com/copilot-emacs/copilot.el > Use VSCode for everything. For me, this requires a full-featured org mode implementation. I currently feel stuck in Emacs just because of how great org mode is. This seems much more difficult than creating plugins you need in emacs and with the downside that customization will be much worse in
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vscode, especially customization of behavior with things like hooks. > Letting go of bug-for-bug compatibility with Emacs as a goal. Let's let the quirky behavior die off and move forward with a more cohesive program, even if it looks a little bit different. If you don't have compatibility, then you aren't really implementing org-mode... you are starting fresh. Perhaps you should take inspiration from commonmark which is a spec for markdown? Also, there is some existing work in making a spec for org-mode in orgdown: https://karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdown/ That's okay, but you'll likely annoy org-mode users and developers as documents ending in `.org` start not working the same. Also there are languages besides Rust and Haskell that have an org parser implementation. For instance one written in Javascript already has a spec as you explain it and is used in production for organice[0]: > Why is this project useful / Rationale > Org mode in Emacs is implemented in org-element.el (API documentation). The spec for the Org syntax is written in prose. - https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser > Portable. It should not be difficult to get this integrated into any editor. This tells me you already have a language in mind such as Lua (can't think of any other easy to integrate languages)? I'd argue that's not very popular either though. 0: https://organice.200ok.ch/
In Let's Help Org Mode Escape from Emacs
happy-dude·Apr 7, 2022
From the readme: > Org grammar for tree-sitter. It is not meant to implement emacs' orgmode parser, but to implement a grammar that can usefully parse org files to be used in neovim and any library that uses tree-sitter parsers. This grammar is in active development and is being used by nvim-orgmode/orgmode [1], a org-mode neovim plugin. Some additional resources some might find useful: * Org Syntax - https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html * EBNF grammar - https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser/blob/master/resources... * Tree-sitter - https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/ [1] https://github.com/nvim-orgmode/orgmode
In Tree-sitter grammar for org-mode
happy-dude·Aug 31, 2021
I just wanted to chime in and mention that the folks who wrote organice[0] also came up with an EBNF grammar[1] for org-mode. Also of tangential interest is that work is actively being done on creating a tree-sitter version[2] of the grammar, although that work is not public (yet). [0] https://github.com/200ok-ch/organice [1] https://github.com/200ok-ch/org-parser/blob/master/resources... [2] https://github.com/kristijanhusak/orgmode.nvim/issues/31#iss...
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