9.1 Setting up Remember

The following customization will tell remember to use org files as target, and to create annotations compatible with Org links.

     (org-remember-insinuate)
     (setq org-directory "~/path/to/my/orgfiles/")
     (setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
     (define-key global-map "\C-cr" 'org-remember)

The last line binds the command org-remember to a global key¹. org-remember basically just calls remember, but it makes a few things easier: If there is an active region, it will automatically copy the region into the remember buffer. It also allows to jump to the buffer and location where remember notes are being stored: Just call org-remember with a prefix argument. If you use two prefix arguments, Org jumps to the location where the last remember note was stored.

You can also call org-remember in a special way from the agenda, using the k r key combination. With this access, any time stamps inserted by the selected remember template (see below) will default to the cursor date in the agenda, rather than to the current date.