From: tumashu <tumashu@163.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: capture with iceweasel/firefox -- nothing works
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 16:26:42 +0800 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <30f9a556.464d.1551a85789d.Coremail.tumashu@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJcAo8tDt=aZ+9_3=-q_jG7N5LoECmP5_GphE_PWr-rpxvLYdg@mail.gmail.com>
https://github.com/tumashu/org-capture-pop-frame
you can try above package
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在 2016-06-04 09:23:09，"Samuel Wales" <samologist@gmail.com> 写道：
>over many years, i have been trying to get org-protocol (or
>anything similar) to work, and it is not working reliably.
>
>intermittently, it says there is a greedy protocol. the
>success rate of capturing is around 50% maybe. when it is not
>working, it never works. i have
>noticed no correlation with anything that could cause this.
>
>sometimes it captures bogus text when i just want the link,
>but i don't care about that. at least it copied the link.
>
>i've tried:
>
> 1) org-capture firefox extension
> 2) a bookmark like this
> - javascript:location.href%20=%20'org-protocol://capture-html://w/'%20+%20encodeURIComponent(location.href)%20+%20'/'%20+%20encodeURIComponent(document.title)%20+%20'/'%20+%20encodeURIComponent(function%20()%20{var%20html%20=%20"";%20if%20(typeof%20document.getSelection%20!=%20"undefined")%20{var%20sel%20=%20document.getSelection();%20if%20(sel.rangeCount)%20{var%20container%20=%20document.createElement("div");%20for%20(var%20i%20=%200,%20len%20=%20sel.rangeCount;%20i%20<%20len;%20++i)%20{container.appendChild(sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneContents());}%20html%20=%20container.innerHTML;}}%20else%20if%20(typeof%20document.selection%20!=%20"undefined")%20{if%20(document.selection.type%20==%20"Text")%20{html%20=%20document.selection.createRange().htmlText;}}%20var%20relToAbs%20=%20function%20(href)%20{var%20a%20=%20document.createElement("a");%20a.href%20=%20href;%20var%20abs%20=%20a.protocol%20+%20"//"%20+%20a.host%20+%20a.pathname%20+%20a.search%20+%20a.hash;%20a.remove();%20return%20abs;};%20var%20elementTypes%20=%20[['a',%20'href'],%20['img',%20'src']];%20var%20div%20=%20document.createElement('div');%20div.innerHTML%20=%20html;%20elementTypes.map(function(elementType)%20{var%20elements%20=%20div.getElementsByTagName(elementType[0]);%20for%20(var%20i%20=%200;%20i%20<%20elements.length;%20i++)%20{elements[i].setAttribute(elementType[1],%20relToAbs(elements[i].getAttribute(elementType[1])));}});%20return%20div.innerHTML;}());
> 3) a bookmark like this
> - javascript:location.href='org-protocol://capture://L/'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'/'+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'/'+encodeURIComponent(window.getSelection())
> 4) i know there's a new one that is supposed to capture
> format better (so you don't end up with a single
> paragraph when there were several paragraphs). that
> sounds wonderful! however, i am limited in computer
> use (4 minutes at a time), so i don't know if it is
> worth my trying or not. i have to use those 4 minutes responsibly.
> 5) i followed various instructions
>
>i currently using iceweasel 38.8.0 (debian jessie) and
>emacs-version "24.4.1".
>
>i understand elisp and org.
>
>however, i don't understand javascript or org-protocol's
>internal concepts. i am limited in concentration ability,
>so this could be a problem. i am also hazy on how to set up
>a bookmark, but i somehow managed to do it twice.
>
>===
>
>i am very often physically unable to use a keyboard. during
>these times i am often able to use a pointing device (2
>mouses, one for clicking and one for moving).
>
>i am often using firefox (iceweasel) and want to capture
>things to org using only the mouse.
>
>that's why i want this feature to work so much.
>
>===
>
>i want to use org-capture extension or similar so that i can
>copy snippets of text like this:
>
> * [[link][descr]]
> text that i selected
> ---
>
>(the --- indicates that it came from iceweasel, and is not something i wrote.)
>
>or just the plain link like this if nothing is selected:
>
> * [[link][descr]]
>
>i have this working. it is just unreliable, failing randomly at random times.
>
>(note: i don't want emacs to pop up and there should be no keyboard
>interaction. useful if emacs switches to the buffer it is saved to,
>however. i have all that stuff taken care of in my elisp. that part
>i understand and can fix by myself.)
>
>===
>
>i am stuck on this.
>
>after all that long-windedness, my question is this:
>
> *what is the most reliable set of instructions or code to
> get iceweasel to work with org?*
>
>i'd be grateful for any useful hints.
>
>thanks.
>
>
>samuel
>
>===
>
>here are just 2 of the many elisp-side things i tried over
>the years to get this to work. elisp i can handle.
>
> (setq org-capture-templates
> (append
> org-capture-templates
> `(
> ("p" "Protocol" entry (file+headline ,(concat org-directory
>"notes.org") "Inbox")
> "* %^{Title}\nSource: %u, %c\n
>#+BEGIN_QUOTE\n%i\n#+END_QUOTE\n\n\n%?")
> ("L" "Protocol Link" entry (file+headline ,(concat
>org-directory "notes.org") "Inbox")
> "* %? [[%:link][%:description]] \nCaptured On: %U")
> )))
> ;; --- https://github.com/sprig/org-capture-extension#set-up-handlers-in-emacs
>
> (cl-loop for key in '("L" "p")
> do
> (add-to-list
> 'org-capture-templates
> `(,key
> ,(format "Protocol %s" key)
> entry
> (file+headline
> ,org-default-notes-file
> ;; (concat org-directory "/executive--a.org")
> "xyzzy-remember")
> ;; \nkill %c\nselect %x
> ;; %:initial is like %i in org-protocol
> ;; if text, do --
> ;; fixme i can perhaps remove my cleverness for whether
> ;; there is or is not selected text as in the
> ;; example above with begin quote.
> ;;
>https://github.com/sprig/org-capture-extension#set-up-handlers-in-emacs
> ;;
> ;; a future security fix might break this cleverness
> "%(alpha-org-protocol-string \"%:link\" \"%:description\" \"%i\")"
> ;; "*
>[[%:link][%:description]]\n%(alpha-org-protocol-region \"%i\")"
> :prepend t
> ;; fixme set this to nil if you want to debug ka
> :immediate-finish t
> ;; ensure it worked
> ;; just remember to go to prev buffer for where you were
> :jump-to-captured t)))
> nil)
>(defun alpha-org-protocol-string (link description region)
> (format "* %s\n%s\n"
> (org-make-link-string link description)
> (alpha-org-protocol-region region)))
>(defun alpha-org-protocol-region (string)
> "If there is text, append dash to indicate quote."
> (if (= 0 (length string))
> ""
> (concat string "\n---")))
>
>
>--
>The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
>
>The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. And
>ANYBODY can get it.
>
>Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-04 8:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-04 1:23 capture with iceweasel/firefox -- nothing works Samuel Wales
2016-06-04 1:30 ` Samuel Wales
2016-06-04 1:33 ` Samuel Wales
2016-06-04 3:04 ` Xebar Saram
2016-06-04 4:05 ` Matt Lundin
2016-06-04 3:56 ` Matt Lundin
2016-06-04 4:00 ` Matt Lundin
2016-06-04 5:13 ` Samuel Wales
2016-06-04 15:11 ` Matt Lundin
2016-09-04 3:23 ` Samuel Wales
2016-09-12 23:14 ` Adam Porter
2016-09-20 1:38 ` Samuel Wales
2016-07-21 10:01 ` Adam Porter
2016-06-04 8:26 ` tumashu [this message]
2016-06-04 12:03 ` Philip Hudson
2016-06-04 20:53 ` [OT] " Matt Lundin
2016-06-04 23:01 ` Philip Hudson
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