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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: Capture template and elisp expression
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:41:16 -0500
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To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com>

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:

> > [fn:1] Is there an easier way to get the filename of the file I was
> > visiting when I initiated the capture? If not, should there be?
> > Perhaps
> > a %f escape?
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> you can use
> 
>     (buffer-file-name (org-capture-get :original-buffer))
> 
> and we could certainly introduce a special escape for it if helpful.
> 
> If it is easier, we can also put the filename itself into the property
> list,
> and any other information we like.  This should happen in the function
> org-capture,
> close to the location where the buffer is stored, so near this line:
> 
> 	(org-capture-put :original-buffer orig-buf :annotation annotation
> 			 :initial initial)
> 
> org-capture uses this property list precisely so that it is simple
> to add any information required.
> 
> Note that, after the template has been filled in, it is better
> to access information in the property list with
> 
> 
>   (org-capture-get PROPERTY 'local)
> 
> to avoid conflicts with other ongoing capture processes.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 

It sure does - thanks!

Nick