Re: Proposal: 'executable' org-capture-templaes

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>]

Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:

> Hello again; I have been playing with this, and so far the biggest problem is
> that I get too many ideas as longer I refactor the existing code :).

:)

> However, I have a question: would it be acceptable for org-capture to change the
> input model?
>
> I have implemented more flexible replacement for org-mks, and refactored it out
> of org-mode under new nick 'quick-menu' to indicate that it does not pull any of
> org mode with it. I have one implementation based on "read-key" function from
> org-macs and used in original org-mks. A proptotype works, but I am not done
> completely.

This sounds promising.

> However before I continue, I am thinking of ditching the 'read-key' completely
> and switching to "standard" Emacs way of implementing interactivity via mode and
> mode-map. I am currently playing with such implementation, which to me appears
> both simpler (code reduction) and more flexible, but it does change the mental
> model of how clients of org-mks are used, for example org-capture.
>
> I don't think it should be a deal-breaker, but that is my personal opinion, so I
> would like to hear if that change would be acceptable or not?

Could you provide a bit more details? How exactly will the usage differ
from read-key?

Best,
Ihor