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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: Rene <jlr_0@yahoo.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-capture vs. org-agenda-capture
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:24:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871ueu7t2d.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20121212T215736-339@post.gmane.org> (Rene's message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:24:36 +0000 (UTC)")

Dear Rene,

Rene <jlr_0@yahoo.com> writes:

> As a matter of fact, when called from the agenda `%U' doesn't expand as the
> current timestamp but rather provides the date of the line your point is on.

Depends.  From the agenda, you can use either org-capture directly, or
org-agenda-capture.  org-capture will convert %U using current time, not
the time of the agenda line -- unless `org-capture-use-agenda-date' is t.

> Wouldn't it be more convenient to get the current timestamp anyway?

If you want the date the cursor is on, I think 00:00 as a default time 
makes sense, mixing the current time and the date line would be confusing
IMHO.

> Suppose you would like to create a new appointment then
> 1. you view your agenda to see whether you're free on a particular date
> 2. you place the cursor on that date line
> 3. you invoke org-agenda-capture (hit `k' key) from there
>
> then a template such as this one 
>
>   ("a" "Appointment" entry (file+headline "~/gtd.org" "Inbox")
>        "* APPT %?\n  %^T\n Added: %U")
>
> would expand as
>
>   * APPT Dentist
>   <2012-12-25 Tue 18:00-19:00>
>   Added: [2012-12-12 Wed 22:13]
>
> which makes sense; instead of
>
>   * APPT Dentist
>   <2012-12-25 Tue 18:00-19:00>
>   Added: [2012-12-25 Wed 00:00]
>
> as it is today.

I guess M-x org-capture is enough here.

Best,

-- 
 Bastien

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2012-12-12 23:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-11 15:23 org-capture vs. org-agenda-capture Rene
2012-12-12 14:40 ` Bastien
2012-12-12 21:24   ` Rene
2012-12-12 23:24     ` Bastien [this message]
2012-12-13 13:13       ` Rene

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