* create new files from capture
@ 2011-04-01 17:43 Buck Brody
2011-04-04 19:12 ` David Maus
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From: Buck Brody @ 2011-04-01 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Is there a way to use capture to create new files? Can I fill out the name of the file, and add a date stamp, from within the capture template?
I also considered creating a new headline and then exporting the subtree. The problem is that I need to have the title of the new file automatically created based upon the headline, and I can't figure out how to do this.
Thanks
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* Re: create new files from capture
2011-04-01 17:43 create new files from capture Buck Brody
@ 2011-04-04 19:12 ` David Maus
2011-04-04 19:49 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-04-20 19:00 ` Bill Wishon
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From: David Maus @ 2011-04-04 19:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Buck Brody; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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At Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:43:06 -0400,
Buck Brody wrote:
> Is there a way to use capture to create new files? Can I fill out
> the name of the file, and add a date stamp, from within the capture
> template?
Prompting in the templates happens after the template is placed in the
target buffer. So AFAIK there is no way to achive this without a
little bit hacking: You could specify a target function
target Specification of where the captured item should be placed.
In Org-mode files, targets usually define a node. Entries will
become children of this node, other types will be added to the
table or list in the body of this node.
Most target specifications contain a file name. If that file
name is the empty string, it defaults to `org-default-notes-file'.
A file can also be given as a variable, function, or Emacs Lisp
form.
...
(function function-finding-location)
Most general way, write your own function to find both
file and location
That could read the target file name with a prompt.
> I also considered creating a new headline and then exporting the
> subtree. The problem is that I need to have the title of the new
> file automatically created based upon the headline, and I can't
> figure out how to do this.
Same here. The function `org-heading-components' (C-h f
org-heading-components RET) will get you the title of the headline
which you would have to transform to a valid file name
(i.e. `replace-regexp-in-string').
Best,
-- David
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2011-04-04 19:12 ` David Maus
@ 2011-04-04 19:49 ` Matthew Sauer
2011-04-20 19:00 ` Bill Wishon
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From: Matthew Sauer @ 2011-04-04 19:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Maus; +Cc: emacs-orgmode, Buck Brody
Could one not have it go into a temporary file and then have an exit
hook attatched to a particular template that if a particular property
had been filled in that it would create a new file with that name and
either refile to or cut to and then paste from the kill ring?
Matthew
obviously would require some modification/hacking
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM, David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de> wrote:
> At Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:43:06 -0400,
> Buck Brody wrote:
>> Is there a way to use capture to create new files? Can I fill out
>> the name of the file, and add a date stamp, from within the capture
>> template?
>
> Prompting in the templates happens after the template is placed in the
> target buffer. So AFAIK there is no way to achive this without a
> little bit hacking: You could specify a target function
>
> target Specification of where the captured item should be placed.
> In Org-mode files, targets usually define a node. Entries will
> become children of this node, other types will be added to the
> table or list in the body of this node.
>
> Most target specifications contain a file name. If that file
> name is the empty string, it defaults to `org-default-notes-file'.
> A file can also be given as a variable, function, or Emacs Lisp
> form.
>
> ...
>
> (function function-finding-location)
> Most general way, write your own function to find both
> file and location
>
> That could read the target file name with a prompt.
>
>> I also considered creating a new headline and then exporting the
>> subtree. The problem is that I need to have the title of the new
>> file automatically created based upon the headline, and I can't
>> figure out how to do this.
>
> Same here. The function `org-heading-components' (C-h f
> org-heading-components RET) will get you the title of the headline
> which you would have to transform to a valid file name
> (i.e. `replace-regexp-in-string').
>
> Best,
> -- David
> --
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>
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* Re: create new files from capture
2011-04-04 19:12 ` David Maus
2011-04-04 19:49 ` Matthew Sauer
@ 2011-04-20 19:00 ` Bill Wishon
2011-04-20 19:22 ` Bill Wishon
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bill Wishon @ 2011-04-20 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
> (function function-finding-location)
> Most general way, write your own function to find both
> file and location
I just started trying to do this today myself when I found this thread.
From what I can tell the expectation is that this function places the point
in the buffer/file at the location where you want to insert the captured
template item.
I created to following which works for me to open a new file and puts the
test template there:
(defun prompt-for-new-orgfile ()
"This function prompts for a file to save to"
(call-interactively 'find-file)
(end-of-buffer))
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline (concat org-directory "/gtd.org")
"Tasks")
"* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
("m" "Meeting Notes" entry (function prompt-for-new-orgfile)
"* %^{meetingtitle}" :unnarrowed)))
What I'm trying to figure out now is how to read the template from a file.
The documentation says that it can be done by using (file "path/to/file")
in place of the template text argument, but I haven't gotten that working yet.
~>Bill
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2011-04-20 19:00 ` Bill Wishon
@ 2011-04-20 19:22 ` Bill Wishon
2011-04-20 19:44 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bill Wishon @ 2011-04-20 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Bill Wishon <bill <at> wishon.org> writes:
> What I'm trying to figure out now is how to read the template from a file.
> The documentation says that it can be done by using (file "path/to/file")
> in place of the template text argument, but I haven't gotten that working yet.
Nevermind, my elisp skills are rusty (file "path/to/template.org") works fine,
what I was trying to do required lisp code evaluation in that context and
therefore didn't work eg: (file (concat org-directory "/template.org")) to do
that I'd have to use (function function-returning-the-template), but it's not
really worth it for what I was trying to do.
~>Bill
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* Re: create new files from capture
2011-04-20 19:22 ` Bill Wishon
@ 2011-04-20 19:44 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2011-04-20 19:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bill Wishon; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode
Bill Wishon <bill@wishon.org> wrote:
> Bill Wishon <bill <at> wishon.org> writes:
>
> > What I'm trying to figure out now is how to read the template from a file.
> > The documentation says that it can be done by using (file "path/to/file")
> > in place of the template text argument, but I haven't gotten that working yet.
>
> Nevermind, my elisp skills are rusty (file "path/to/template.org") works fine,
> what I was trying to do required lisp code evaluation in that context and
> therefore didn't work eg: (file (concat org-directory "/template.org")) to do
> that I'd have to use (function function-returning-the-template), but it's not
> really worth it for what I was trying to do.
>
Alternatively, you can use the backquote mechanism - see e.g.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/17612/focus=17620
Nick
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