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johan_widen · 2022-09-08 09:36

I have for a while been wondering how I can get an overview of my org-
journal entries. I would like to list all entries say for the last two
months.

Here is a way to do it: customize org-journal-search to do regexp
search instead of plain string search.

    (customize-set-variable
     'org-journal-search-forward-fn
     're-search-forward)

Then one can search for all entries for the last two months by
executing

`M-x org-journal-search` giving search string `"^\*\* "` and starting
date `-2m` and end date the empty string (just hit return).

Something to be aware of is that if one gives org-journal-search an
empty search string, it will search for `"** "` which will not work as
intended with regexp search. It is probably not a good idea to change
the variable `org-journal-time-prefix` which defines that string. Just
avoid entering an empty search string.

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BobKoss · 2022-09-08 10:17

Would org-transclusion work here?

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johan_widen · 2022-09-08 11:33

I believe that some simple elisp would be needed to translate the org-
journal-search buffer lines into links understood by org-transclusion.

The org-journal-search buffer is built up of lines of the form

    button heading

The button is an emacs button, not a hyperlink. So it is just the text
with some extra properties.

The button needs to be translated to a file name or path name. The
rest of the line will be used to specify the heading in that file:

File link with ‘::\*heading’

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[deleted] · 2022-09-08 14:47

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johan_widen · 2022-09-08 15:27

Here is my attempt to support transclusion. Given that you already
have a buffer "\*Org-journal search\*" with search results, put point
in the buffer where you want the transclusions (not on the \*Org-
journal search\* buffer).

Then execute `M-x my-org-journal-search-result-to-transclude`

Here is a link to the code:

https://github.com/johanwiden/org-journal-search-result-to-
transclude/blob/master/org-journal-search-result-to-transclude.el