* Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture @ 2010-08-12 1:30 Charles Cave 2010-08-12 10:06 ` Carsten Dominik 2010-08-12 14:37 ` Bastien 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Charles Cave @ 2010-08-12 1:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-orgmode I'm exploring the many features of org-capture and I see the documentation about a function for finding the location for refiling. I would like to see some sample code on how to do this. At the moment I am using a date tree to file my TODO items and notes. (I am writing an article about this and will publish soon) Let's say I had a headline structure for weeks of the year and I would like a function to add an item to the heading corresponding to the week of the year. Today (12th Aug) we are in Week 32. What would the function be to file under the appropriate heading: * 2010 ** 2010-Week-28 ** 2010-Week-29 ** 2010-Week-30 ** 2010-Week-31 ** 2010-Week-32 ** 2010-Week-33 Could the function create the heading if it didnt exist . just like org-capture handles creation of new brances on a date tree? Charles ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture 2010-08-12 1:30 Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture Charles Cave @ 2010-08-12 10:06 ` Carsten Dominik 2010-08-12 11:42 ` Nick Dokos 2010-08-12 14:37 ` Bastien 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Carsten Dominik @ 2010-08-12 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Charles Cave; +Cc: emacs-orgmode On Aug 12, 2010, at 3:30 AM, Charles Cave wrote: > I'm exploring the many features of org-capture and I see the > documentation about a function for finding the location for refiling. What exactly are you referring to? > > I would like to see some sample code on how to do this. > > At the moment I am using a date tree to file my TODO items and > notes. (I am writing an article about this and will publish soon) > > Let's say I had a headline structure for weeks of the year and I would > like a function to add an item to the heading corresponding to the > week > of the year. Today (12th Aug) we are in Week 32. > > What would the function be to file under the appropriate heading: > > * 2010 > ** 2010-Week-28 > ** 2010-Week-29 > ** 2010-Week-30 > ** 2010-Week-31 > ** 2010-Week-32 > ** 2010-Week-33 > > Could the function create the heading if it didnt exist . just like > org-capture handles creation of new brances on a date tree? Well, the datetree is a special library that does create the headings for a date tree. If you want a different structure (weeks instead of months), code for this would have to be written, and I guess org-capture would have to be extended to call this code. But I am not sure if I understand what you are asking. - Carsten ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture 2010-08-12 10:06 ` Carsten Dominik @ 2010-08-12 11:42 ` Nick Dokos 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Nick Dokos @ 2010-08-12 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode, Charles Cave Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2010, at 3:30 AM, Charles Cave wrote: > > > I'm exploring the many features of org-capture and I see the > > documentation about a function for finding the location for refiling. > > What exactly are you referring to? > > > > > I would like to see some sample code on how to do this. > > > > At the moment I am using a date tree to file my TODO items and > > notes. (I am writing an article about this and will publish soon) > > > > Let's say I had a headline structure for weeks of the year and I would > > like a function to add an item to the heading corresponding to the > > week > > of the year. Today (12th Aug) we are in Week 32. > > > > What would the function be to file under the appropriate heading: > > > > * 2010 > > ** 2010-Week-28 > > ** 2010-Week-29 > > ** 2010-Week-30 > > ** 2010-Week-31 > > ** 2010-Week-32 > > ** 2010-Week-33 > > > > Could the function create the heading if it didnt exist . just like > > org-capture handles creation of new brances on a date tree? > > Well, the datetree is a special library that does create the > headings for a date tree. If you want a different structure > (weeks instead of months), code for this would have to be written, and > I guess org-capture would have to be extended to call this code. > But I am not sure if I understand what you are asking. > I think Charles is referring to the following in org-capture-templates's doc string: ,---- | (file+function "path/to/file" function-finding-location) | A function to find the right location in the file | | ... | | (function function-finding-location) | Most general way, write your own function to find both | file and location `---- I tried using the first (in a very simple minded way) but it was late last night, I was tired and I couldn't get it to work in five minures, so I gave up: (WARNING: DOES NOT WORK) ,---- | (setq org-capture-templates | '(... | ("X" "Experimental function for Charles Cave" entry (file+function "~/lib/org/charles.org" cc-date-tree) "* DONE %? | %U %a" :prepend t) | ... | )) | | (defun cc-date-tree () | (let ((year 2010) | (weeknum 32)) | (format "%4d-Week-%2d" year weeknum))) `---- (WARNING: DOES NOT WORK) So maybe I have it completely wrong, maybe this is close, but at this point I just don't know. Also, I saw in the doc string the following: ,---- | (file+datetree "path/to/file") | Will create a heading in a date tree `---- which might do exactly what Charles wants in this case, without having to write a function? But I have no idea how datetrees work, so this too might be off. Thanks, Nick ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture 2010-08-12 1:30 Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture Charles Cave 2010-08-12 10:06 ` Carsten Dominik @ 2010-08-12 14:37 ` Bastien 2010-08-12 23:11 ` Charles Cave 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Bastien @ 2010-08-12 14:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Charles Cave; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Charles Cave <charles_cave@optusnet.com.au> writes: > I'm exploring the many features of org-capture and I see the > documentation about a function for finding the location for refiling. Let's say you have this capture template: ,---- | (setq org-capture-templates | '(("w" "WP TEST" entry (function bzg-find-location) | "* TODO Put this after abcde\n\n" :prepend t))) `---- And this finding function: ,---- | (defun bzg-find-location () | "Example: find my bzg.org file and the abcde string in the current buffer" | (find-file "~/org/bzg.org") | (goto-char (point-min)) | (re-search-forward "abcde" nil t) | (newline 2)) `---- Capturing with "w" will put the entry after the "abcde" string in bzg.org. HTH, -- Bastien ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture 2010-08-12 14:37 ` Bastien @ 2010-08-12 23:11 ` Charles Cave 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Charles Cave @ 2010-08-12 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-orgmode > Bastien <bastien.guerry <at> wikimedia.fr> writes: Thanks for the clarification. My original question referred to refiling when I meant capturing. Sorry about the confusion. Now I understand the purpose of the function. It should leave the cursor (point) at the location where the capture input should be written. As for modifying the date tree I will look at the date-tree code and see if I understand it. Thanks, Charles ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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