dependencies

the project depends on the following packages which could be installed using quicklisp.

• cl-ppcre
• str
• uiop
• cl-fad
• clingon
• ironclad
• fiveam
• local-time

the code uses some sbcl-specific libraries for now, so it is unlikely that it will run on other dialects.

example usage

convert from org to latex:

./run.sh -f test.org --action convert --action-arg org --action-arg tex

list titles and ids of org files in a directory:

./run.sh -f path/to/dir/ --action show-info --action-arg 'title: %title, id: %id'

goals

• [ ] an org-mode-like experience for lem - this is one of the main goals, it is essential that the project supports most if not all features of org so that people can just try lem with org-mode (if they wish to do so) without much hassle.
• [ ] org-agenda support
• [ ] org-babel support
• [ ] use a unified interface for both markdown and org (and perhaps even other formats)
• [ ] org-roam-like functionality (links by ids, navigation by titles), as well as transclusions.
• [ ] an ideal way of mixing inline common lisp code with arbitrary text, and the ability to have custom definitions of syntax.
• [ ] a commandline interface for your text files that supports actions such as exporting to latex and fetching various kinds of metadata for external use.

i should note that i am yet not very familiar with lem and i expect that porting this to lem will take more time than the other tasks.

contributions

• contributions are welcome.
• the code is subject to heavy changes.
• the code as it is right now handles some of org-mode’s syntax and allows for partially functional exports to latex, my idea was to not write an “org parser”, but a parser that parses different types of text that follows certain patterns, and use this functionality to provide a builtin org-mode functionality, so that we may easily choose to parse different formats aswell and have a partially uniform interface for both markdown and org-mode in the future.