From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Questions about org-capture templates and usage Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:33:44 +0100 Message-ID: <08EF8475-C5CC-409D-BB11-629ACAB31B94@gmail.com> References: <83bp50hgy2.fsf@gmail.com> <8762v81le1.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87pqtf8sb2.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=32807 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PPWW6-0004fT-3n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:33:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPWW4-0002iG-OL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:33:49 -0500 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:48244) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PPWW4-0002i6-Ij for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:33:48 -0500 Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so4631310wyj.0 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:33:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: Bernt Hansen , Matt Lundin , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Dec 6, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I am at much greater ease due to these two messages. They solve > several of my befuddlements about capture. > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > I visit newly captured items all the time. If you capture something > (I > have C-M-r bound to org-capture) and store it with C-c C-c you can > visit > it immediately with a double prefix C-u C-u C-M-r as stated in the > org-capture docstring: > > This is exactly what I was looking for in the manual. In fact, I > think my comment about the manual was partly a response to being > unable to find this item in the manual, when I know I had seen > reference to it somewhere. Maybe in my request for items to be > included in the manual, the docstrings in org-capture.el would be > scanned. I missed this on my cursory search of that file. I will > search for it myself, and work on (believe it or not) org-help.org, > that I use as a helpmate. > > I have org-capture assigned to C-c, so C-u C-u C-c c goes straight > to the last stored item. Perfect. > > | > | (org-capture &optional GOTO KEYS) > | > I THINK I understand that GOTO here refers to the prefix C-u ? And > C-u C-u circumvents this? > > | When called interactively with a C-u prefix argument GOTO, don't > capture > | anything, just go to the file/headline where the selected template > | stores its notes. With a double prefix argument C-u C-u, go to > the last note > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > | stored. > ^^^^^^ > > This is it! What I was looking for. > > I think, thought it may seem crazy, I would like to still have a way > to specify in the template that one would remain with the newly > captured item in its environment, after finalizing. Just the same, > thinking about that it's an indirect buffer, it makes more sense how > it works now... You can now finalize with C-u C-c C-c to go to the captured item if you want. - Carsten > > Awe, heck, these two methods solve my problem well enough... > > | > | When called with a `C-0' (zero) prefix, insert a template at point. > | > > This is a great feature... > > | Lisp programs can set KEYS to a string associated with a template in > | `org-capture-templates'. In this case, interactive selection will > be > | bypassed. > `---- > > This is something I'd like to see an example of. > > Thank you again, and again, > > Alan Davis > > "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We > allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value." > --- R > . Buckminster Fuller > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten