org: Org syntax
2.12 Org syntax
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A reference document providing a formal description of Org’s syntax is
available as a draft on Worg
(http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html), written and maintained by
Nicolas Goaziou. It defines Org’s core internal concepts such as
‘headlines’, ‘sections’, ‘affiliated keywords’, ‘(greater) elements’ and
‘objects’. Each part of an Org file falls into one of the categories
above.
To explore the abstract structure of an Org buffer, run this in a
buffer:
M-: (org-element-parse-buffer) RET
It will output a list containing the buffer’s content represented as
an abstract structure. The export engine relies on the information
stored in this list. Most interactive commands (e.g., for structure
editing) also rely on the syntactic meaning of the surrounding context.