From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
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>
Subject: Re: Capture template and elisp expression
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:41:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <26474.1294357276@gamaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> of "Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:44:56 +0100." <FBA98CDC-6138-4EF2-B9F5-57F01A31620A@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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-06 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-06 12:08 Capture template and elisp expression Rainer M Krug
2011-01-06 22:26 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-06 22:44 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-01-06 23:41 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2011-01-07 8:22 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-01-07 14:03 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-07 14:31 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-01-07 12:08 ` Štěpán Němec
2011-01-07 14:14 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-01-07 14:28 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-01-07 15:00 ` Štěpán Němec
2011-01-08 17:58 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-01-08 18:07 ` Štěpán Němec
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