>you sort of can't make standalone ELisp apps (or at least nobody does). Otherwise you'd just have an `org2html` and `org2pdf` application at the command line.
Because I don't like emacs and I wanted to lean on command line apps for getting data into and out of my orgzly org-mode electronic brain, I've been doing this by combining orgmode with jinja2 (I do this with a cli app I wrote called 'orji').
I think it's a very powerful combination. I use it to generate latex/html/whatever and short bash scripts which are then run. E.g.
* Generate my CV using a latex CV template I found on overleaf that I converted into a jinja2 template.
* Send the contents of a TODO note tagged 'sendemail' as an email with a tiny templated bash script.
* Create jira ticket with the details of a note.
* Generate reveal.js presentations.
All from my phone, using orgzly and one big button which runs a single termux script that seeks out TODO notes with labels (e.g. cv/sendemail) that match the scripts in my library (cv.sh / sendemail.sh).
jinja2 certainly has the capability to end up creating a huge old mess if you abuse it, especially to generate code, but I find that using it to template tiny 5-6 line bash scripts or a latex or an HTML file hits a sweet spot of usability and flexibility.
A link to the documentation¹ and repo² to save others a few steps. Examples are helpfully linked toward the end of the page and its source in the README.
Because I don't like emacs and I wanted to lean on command line apps for getting data into and out of my orgzly org-mode electronic brain, I've been doing this by combining orgmode with jinja2 (I do this with a cli app I wrote called 'orji').
I think it's a very powerful combination. I use it to generate latex/html/whatever and short bash scripts which are then run. E.g.
* Generate my CV using a latex CV template I found on overleaf that I converted into a jinja2 template.
* Send the contents of a TODO note tagged 'sendemail' as an email with a tiny templated bash script.
* Create jira ticket with the details of a note.
* Generate reveal.js presentations.
All from my phone, using orgzly and one big button which runs a single termux script that seeks out TODO notes with labels (e.g. cv/sendemail) that match the scripts in my library (cv.sh / sendemail.sh).
jinja2 certainly has the capability to end up creating a huge old mess if you abuse it, especially to generate code, but I find that using it to template tiny 5-6 line bash scripts or a latex or an HTML file hits a sweet spot of usability and flexibility.