* Capture feature suggestion: place the mark from a template
@ 2012-04-24 10:46 Colin Fraizer
2012-04-24 14:53 ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-24 15:02 ` Carsten Dominik
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Colin Fraizer @ 2012-04-24 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
I use a capture template like this:
("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "todo.org" "Tasks")
"* TODO %?\n :HIDDEN:\n %U\n :END:\n%!" :prepend t)
to create todo items. I want the cursor to be at the end of the
headline so I can type that in, but then I want to be able to quickly
jump to the end so I can type any details that I want.
I use "the mark" for that purpose, so I can type "C-x C-x" to jump
right where I want. So I modified the function
org-capture-place-entry to add the following lines:
(goto-char beg)
(if (re-search-forward "%!" end t)
(progn
(push-mark nil t nil)
(replace-match "")))
just before the final (goto-char beg) that will put the cursor
position at "%?".
(I guess I could have put that following ``(goto-char beg)'' inside
that ``(progn ...)''.)
Would anyone else find this a useful addition to the capture template
mechanism?
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2012-04-24 10:46 Capture feature suggestion: place the mark from a template Colin Fraizer
@ 2012-04-24 14:53 ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-24 15:02 ` Carsten Dominik
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-04-24 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Colin Fraizer; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Colin Fraizer <orgmode@cfraizer.com> wrote:
> I use a capture template like this:
>
> ("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "todo.org" "Tasks")
> "* TODO %?\n :HIDDEN:\n %U\n :END:\n%!" :prepend t)
>
> to create todo items. I want the cursor to be at the end of the
> headline so I can type that in, but then I want to be able to quickly
> jump to the end so I can type any details that I want.
>
> I use "the mark" for that purpose, so I can type "C-x C-x" to jump
> right where I want. So I modified the function
> org-capture-place-entry to add the following lines:
>
> (goto-char beg)
> (if (re-search-forward "%!" end t)
> (progn
> (push-mark nil t nil)
> (replace-match "")))
>
> just before the final (goto-char beg) that will put the cursor
> position at "%?".
>
> (I guess I could have put that following ``(goto-char beg)'' inside
> that ``(progn ...)''.)
>
> Would anyone else find this a useful addition to the capture template
> mechanism?
>
Maybe - but in this particular case, you could just go to the end of the
buffer with M-> (end-of-buffer), right?
And there might be a problem with your proposal: if I push a bunch of
marks during the capture, what happens after the capture is done? Are
they still on the stack? If so, should they be?
Nick
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2012-04-24 10:46 Capture feature suggestion: place the mark from a template Colin Fraizer
2012-04-24 14:53 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2012-04-24 15:02 ` Carsten Dominik
2012-04-25 9:22 ` Colin Fraizer
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2012-04-24 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Colin Fraizer; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Colin Fraizer wrote:
> I use a capture template like this:
>
> ("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "todo.org" "Tasks")
> "* TODO %?\n :HIDDEN:\n %U\n :END:\n%!" :prepend t)
>
> to create todo items. I want the cursor to be at the end of the
> headline so I can type that in, but then I want to be able to quickly
> jump to the end so I can type any details that I want.
>
> I use "the mark" for that purpose, so I can type "C-x C-x" to jump
> right where I want. So I modified the function
> org-capture-place-entry to add the following lines:
>
> (goto-char beg)
> (if (re-search-forward "%!" end t)
> (progn
> (push-mark nil t nil)
> (replace-match "")))
>
> just before the final (goto-char beg) that will put the cursor
> position at "%?".
>
> (I guess I could have put that following ``(goto-char beg)'' inside
> that ``(progn ...)''.)
>
> Would anyone else find this a useful addition to the capture template
> mechanism?
You could also use a prompt for the headline. Or we could allow several %?
in the buffer, with a simple key to jump to the next one and delete it.....
- Carsten
>
>
>
- Carsten
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: Capture feature suggestion: place the mark from a template
2012-04-24 15:02 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2012-04-25 9:22 ` Colin Fraizer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Colin Fraizer @ 2012-04-25 9:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Carsten Dominik'; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Nick Dokos wrote:
>Maybe - but in this particular case, you could just go to the end of the
>buffer with M-> (end-of-buffer), right?
Yeah. I could just do that. (Blushing with embarrassment. :-)
>And there might be a problem with your proposal: if I push a bunch of
>marks during the capture, what happens after the capture is done? Are
>they still on the stack? If so, should they be?
I guess I was mostly thinking of capture using indirect buffers, which
have their own marks and mark rings, right? Does ":unnarrowed" use the
actual buffer instead of an indirect one?
If so, I can see a couple options (and we've already established that there
are lots of options I don't see):
- If you don't like capture to set the mark, don't set it. :-)
- Arrange for clean-up in the case of org-capture-kill and (maybe?)
org-capture-finalize.
Carsten Dominik wrote:
>You could also use a prompt for the headline. Or we could allow several %?
>in the buffer, with a simple key to jump to the next one and delete it.....
Yeah, I could do that too. I don't know why I didn't consider that. I
guess
because I'm so used to the "pop-up" nature of the capture window.
I'm not sure I would like/use the "multiple %?" approach.
Another reason I can imagine for wanting to place the mark with capture
is to define the region. (Being old, I'm somewhat ambivalent about this
new-fangled "light-up" "active" region. :-) I can imagine wanting to
place the mark and point (with %?), typing some stuff, and then wanting to
M-w (kill-ring-save) that text.
--Colin
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