From: Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Saving org-capture buffer while writing it
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:59:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170221115840.GB12346@chromebook.bantercat.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8760k4zhct.fsf@gmail.com>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sometimes when I am taking notes, I end up spending a lot of time in a
> > capture buffer. If I happen to switch to something else, I end up
> > loosing the capture buffer. I probably just kill the buffer
> > accidentally, or do `C-c C-k'.
> >
> > Is there a way I can take backups of the buffer to a file?
>
> I usually just save it (C-c s) and it is saved to where it would be
> saved anyway when I eventually do C-c C-c.
>
> Myles
>
If I am going to leave a capture buffer open for a long time I just do
C-u C-c C-c, which saves the capture buffer and then switches to the
buffer where it's saved where you can continue entering text.
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-21 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-20 14:05 Saving org-capture buffer while writing it Narendra Joshi
2017-02-20 14:28 ` Stig Brautaset
2017-02-20 19:31 ` Narendra Joshi
2017-02-20 23:01 ` Stig Brautaset
2017-02-20 21:23 ` Myles English
2017-02-20 22:02 ` Narendra Joshi
2017-02-20 22:05 ` Myles English
2017-02-21 11:59 ` Ian Barton [this message]
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2017-02-20 16:33 ` Eric S Fraga
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