* can I force all-caps in part of a headline in a capture template?
@ 2012-05-07 0:20 Christopher W. Ryan
2012-05-07 3:02 ` Richard Lawrence
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Christopher W. Ryan @ 2012-05-07 0:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
I work for a public health department. Twice in the past 5 years we have
had to open evacuation shelters during a flood, for anywhere from 80 to
120 medically-frail evacuees. Our documentation system (paper) has
improved, but it is still not ideal. I am experimenting with whether
org-mode could meet our needs. It's basis in plain text may strike the
proper balance between structure and flexibility.
Part of my .emacs includes the following:
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("a" "Admit" entry
(file "~/Shelter/ShelterAdmissions.org")
"* admit %^{LASTNAME}, %^{firstname} %U
:PROPERTIES:
%^{IDnumber}p
%^{Birthdate}p
%^{Age}p
%^{Sex}p
%^{Address1}p
%^{Address2}p
%^{City}p
%^{State}p
%^{Zipcode}p
%^{Doctor1}p
%^{Doctor2}p
%^{Pharmacy1}p
%^{Pharmacy2}p"
:empty-lines: 1)
)
)
The first line in my ShelterAdmissions.org file is:
#+TODO: admit(a) in(i!) out(o@) | discharged(d@)
and things are working pretty well so far.
I'd like to know if there is a way to force LASTNAME to show up in
all-caps in ShelterAdmissions.org, regardless of how it is typed into
the capture template.
Thanks.
--Chris Ryan
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2012-05-07 0:20 can I force all-caps in part of a headline in a capture template? Christopher W. Ryan
@ 2012-05-07 3:02 ` Richard Lawrence
2012-05-07 3:24 ` Richard Lawrence
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From: Richard Lawrence @ 2012-05-07 3:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Chris,
Try this: in your .emacs, add the following code:
(defun prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase ()
(upcase (read-string "Last name: ")))
This defines a function that will prompt the user to type a last name
into the minibuffer, converts the result into uppercase, and returns it
as a string.
Then, in your capture template, change "%^{LASTNAME}" to
"%(prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase)".
Best,
Richard
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2012-05-07 3:02 ` Richard Lawrence
@ 2012-05-07 3:24 ` Richard Lawrence
2012-05-07 12:28 ` Christopher W. Ryan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Richard Lawrence @ 2012-05-07 3:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:
> Try this: in your .emacs, add the following code:
>
> (defun prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase ()
> (upcase (read-string "Last name: ")))
>
> This defines a function that will prompt the user to type a last name
> into the minibuffer, converts the result into uppercase, and returns it
> as a string.
>
> Then, in your capture template, change "%^{LASTNAME}" to
> "%(prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase)".
By the way, if you need to do the same thing for other fields, you can
do something like this instead:
(defun prompt-and-upcase (prompt-str)
(upcase (read-string prompt-str)))
This generalizes the original function I gave you; you can pass in a
prompt string.
Then, in your capture template, wherever you need an uppercase field:
%(prompt-and-upcase "Whatever prompt you need: ")
e.g.,
%(prompt-and-upcase "Last name: ")
Best,
Richard
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2012-05-07 3:24 ` Richard Lawrence
@ 2012-05-07 12:28 ` Christopher W. Ryan
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Christopher W. Ryan @ 2012-05-07 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Richard, this is great! Thank you.
--Chris
Richard Lawrence wrote:
> Richard Lawrence<richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:
>
>> Try this: in your .emacs, add the following code:
>>
>> (defun prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase ()
>> (upcase (read-string "Last name: ")))
>>
>> This defines a function that will prompt the user to type a last name
>> into the minibuffer, converts the result into uppercase, and returns it
>> as a string.
>>
>> Then, in your capture template, change "%^{LASTNAME}" to
>> "%(prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase)".
>
>
> By the way, if you need to do the same thing for other fields, you can
> do something like this instead:
>
> (defun prompt-and-upcase (prompt-str)
> (upcase (read-string prompt-str)))
>
> This generalizes the original function I gave you; you can pass in a
> prompt string.
>
> Then, in your capture template, wherever you need an uppercase field:
>
> %(prompt-and-upcase "Whatever prompt you need: ")
>
> e.g.,
>
> %(prompt-and-upcase "Last name: ")
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
>
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