From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Shaun Johnson <shaun@slugfest.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Capturing tables and a small proposal for a capture enhancement
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:55:51 +0100
Message-ID: <4E8CA837.7020908@slugfest.demon.co.uk>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58847)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <shaun@slugfest.demon.co.uk>) id 1RBWdS-0006ox-5n
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:56:07 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <shaun@slugfest.demon.co.uk>) id 1RBWdP-0000Ay-OZ
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:56:06 -0400
Received: from anchor-post-2.mail.demon.net ([195.173.77.133]:60455)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <shaun@slugfest.demon.co.uk>) id 1RBWdP-0000An-Iz
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:56:03 -0400
Received: from slugfest.demon.co.uk ([80.177.204.141] helo=[192.168.100.4])
	by anchor-post-2.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
	id 1RBWdN-0004xA-l7
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:56:01 +0000
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: </archive/html/emacs-orgmode>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
To: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>

I am trying to use org-capture with a template that contains an org
table. The value of org-capture-templates is:

     (("b" "Blood pressure" entry
       (file "~/Org/bp.org")
       (file "~/Org/CaptureTemplates/b.org")
       :prepend t :immediate-finish t :post-process))

The file ~/Org/CaptureTemplates/b.org contains:

     * %U
     | Systolic     | Diastolic     | Pulse     |
     |--------------+---------------+-----------|
     | %^{Systolic} | %^{Diastolic} | %^{Pulse} |
     | %^{Systolic} | %^{Diastolic} | %^{Pulse} |
     | %^{Systolic} | %^{Diastolic} | %^{Pulse} |

(without the leading white space).

This works but the resulting table is not aligned, obviously I can
align it manually after capture but it would be nice if this could be
automated. I am unable to find any way to do this, am I missing
something or is this currently not possible?

A general solution to this could be to add a new :post-process
property to the template definition whose value should be a function
which is called immediately before
org-capture-before-finalize-hook. My problem would be solved with a
template like:

     (("b" "Blood pressure" entry
       (file "~/Org/bp.org")
       (file "~/Org/CaptureTemplates/b.org")
       :prepend t :immediate-finish t :post-process
       (lambda nil
         (goto-char
          (point-min))
         (search-forward "|-")
         (org-table-align))))

If there is any interest I can submit a patch.

Shaun Johnson.