From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Org capture with predefined entries from a list? Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:00:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87eicm1z3r.fsf@gnu.org> References: <165618.97391.qm@web29015.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60491 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OyBp5-00043B-At for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:00:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OyBp2-0004qw-6R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:00:27 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:50122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OyBp2-0004qo-18 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:00:24 -0400 Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so7125358wwb.30 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:00:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <165618.97391.qm@web29015.mail.ird.yahoo.com> (Miguel Ruiz's message of "Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:57:21 +0000 (GMT)") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Miguel Ruiz Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Miguel, Miguel Ruiz writes: > 1. In any buffer: M-x org-capture > 2. Appears a menu saying "Select a capture template". Of course, two options [t] and [j], and [C] Customize org-capture-templates and [q] Abort. > 3. I press [t] and get a "capture buffer" with "* TODO" inserted, ready to accept my entry > 4. Appears another menu saying "Select task type or whatever": several options: [1] Task1 [2] Task2 [3] Task3 ... > 5. I press [1] and "capture buffer" updates with "* TODO Task1" inserted, ready to accept more info > 6. Ideally appears another menu saying "Select comment or whatever": several options: [1] Comment1 [2] Comment2 [3] Comment3 ... > 7. I press [1] and "capture buffer" updates with "* TODO Task1 Comment1" inserted, ready to accept more info > 8. Ideally steps 6 and 7 would be repeated (well, no more than 4 or 5 times) > 4. C-c C-c finish and save the entry in ~/org/gtd.org Do you really want capturing a task to be such a heavy task?! You should explore using multiple keys for the capture template definition -- see the manual: http://orgmode.org/manual/Template-elements.html#Template-elements HTH, -- Bastien