Question

How can I get just the notes from org-mode heading without any “technical” stuff?
I mean, I want something like that

* Some project
  - some note 1
  - some note 2
** some chapter
   - another note
   - noooote
** TODO some big todo
   - something to note for the task
   - another thing
** some chapter

instead of that

* Some project
  - some note 1
  - some note 2
** some chapter
   - another note
   - noooote
** TODO some big todo
   CLOSED: [2011-11-10 Thu 19:51]
    - State "DONE"       from "STARTED"    [2011-11-10 Thu 19:51]
    CLOCK: [2011-11-10 Thu 19:33]--[2011-11-10 Thu 19:51] =>  0:18
    CLOCK: [2011-11-04 Fri 15:29]--[2011-11-04 Fri 15:29] =>  0:00
    :PROPERTIES:
    :Effort:   0:30
    :END:
   [2011-11-04 Fri 15:29]

   - something to note for the task
   - another thing
** some chapter

EDIT: I figured out I can accomplish that using exports (with #+OPTIONS: <:nil d:nil), but its not really convenient – I mean, I need to press Ctrl-c Ctrl-e u, then switch to new buffer Ctrl-b temp-buffer, then delete everything from it Ctrl-x h Ctrl-w, then add my export Ctrl-y Meta-y. Thats a LOT of keys to press.

Besides that, I couldn’t get rid of stuff like - State "DONE" from "STARTED" [2011-11-10 Thu 19:51] because formally it is just a note – exactly the thing I “wanted” to keep.

Answer 1

Although you’ll need to manually repair much of your existing org-document, the solution would be to use Logbook drawers.

To file your todo-state changes into a drawer (default to LOGBOOK) you can use (see Tracking TODO state changes): (setq org-log-into-drawer t) or :LOG_INTO_DRAWER: t as a property on the headline.

You can also use (setq org-clock-into-drawer t) to place all your CLOCK: lines into the :LOGBOOK: as well. If you want your clocking to go in a separate value, replace t with the string you want as your drawer title (e.g. (setq org-clock-int-drawer "CLOCK")

Then when you export your #+OPTIONS: d:nil will prevent any of those drawers from being exported, so none of that information will appear.