Re: Capture question

[John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> sorry for the late reply.
>
>
No problem.


> I had difficulties parsing your email because it brings many issues
> (better to have one email per issue) and it's not clear how the odd
> behavior you observe depends on the (odd) structure/templates you are
> using.
>

I can't be that odd :)


>
> Can you restate your problems in a way that help me grasp them?
>
>
Sure.

1) I think this is solved. I was trying to file under a pre-existing
headling (* top-level) but my template was like so:
,-----
| (setq org-capture-templates
|  '(("t" "todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/2011-02Feb.org" "Tracking")
|             "* TODO %?\n")))
`-----

I experimented with two stars on the TODO and it worked. Sorry, I probably
should have posted back that it was solved, but after no replies I kind of
thought this email was dead so I let it die :)


2) The manual says this as to one of the options for the capture target:
,-----
| (function function-finding-location)
|   Most general way, write your own function to find both file and location
`-----

Since my files always use the format YYYY-##MMM.org (2011-03Mar.org), I
thought I could sure find a function that finds the current file rather than
changing my capture target manually once a month.


3) I think this one was pretty clear... the manual says that if I do this:
,-----
| (define-key global-map "\C-c c"
|   (lambda () (interactive) (org-capture "t")))
`-----

I won't have to manually select "t" (TODO) for my capture template via the
interactive window. Since I only use one capture template, it would be
fantastic to have it automatically use it instead of asking me what I want
to use and then I press another keystroke to select one template out of one
available template.


I know it's hard, but everything that makes things easier for me makes
> them easier for everyone - as I'll then have more time to actually fix
> things.
>
>
No problem -- I'll break things up better next time. I realize longer,
jumbled emails will probably not be as enticing to dive into since everyone
is volunteering from other things anyway!


Thanks for the assistance,
John



> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
>  Bastien
>

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