From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: hook for inserting headlines
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:54:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mw5lhyl8.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1da9467831234dd58d54fd71a0f3fa93@fcmailsvr2.familycareinc.org>
On 2015-01-14, at 18:27, Subhan Michael Tindall <SubhanT@familycareinc.org> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+subhant=familycareinc.org@gnu.org
>> [mailto:emacs-orgmode-bounces+subhant=familycareinc.org@gnu.org] On
>> Behalf Of Marcin Borkowski
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:36 PM
>> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: [O] hook for inserting headlines
>>
>>
>> On 2015-01-14, at 01:18, Subhan Michael Tindall
>> <SubhanT@familycareinc.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a hook that is run with creating a new headline in org mode?
>> > I have several properties that I always set for working todos & I'd
>> > like to have them automatically created when I make a new headline
>> > (say when I hit return at the end of it)
>> > IE:
>> > ,*** this is a sample headline <hit enter here>
>> >
>> > ,*** this is a sample headline
>> > :PROPERTIES:
>> > <some properties here>
>> > :END:
>> >
>> > And maybe even an interactive schedule/deadline prompt?
>> > I have a function to create the properties drawer but don't know how to
>> hook it to headline creation.
>>
>> Why not create a specialized function which might ask for the title of the
>> headline and insert that headline along with the properties? Or even insert
>> an /empty/ headline with these properties and place the point after the
>> string of asterisks and a space, so that you can type the title? Or, if we are at
>> it, why not use Yasnippet for that?
>>
>> Not exactly what you want, but maybe this is what you /need/?
>>
>> If not, I guess that advising org-return /might/ be the way to go.
>> (For instance, you might check whether the user hits RET with the point at
>> the end of a headline with empty contents.)
> This last one sounds closest. I'm not really familiar with how advising a function works though.
> The point (for me) is to avoid interrupting my 'flow' while setting up projects, TODOs, etc. I'm pretty well programmed to manually type my headlines and having some of the extra drudge work get added in automatically would help my process quite a bit.
> Thanks for the suggestion!
Adivising functions is easy (especially in Emacs 24.4+). Basically, you
give some code which will be executed before or after (or both) the
advised function.
Also, Yasnippet might really be the way to go. Very easy to set up and
configure. See
http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/01/thinking-make-better-use-yasnippet-emacs-workflow/,
for instance. (Sacha also mentions org-capture, which is yet another alternative.)
You might configure Yasnippet so that if you type e.g. "todo" and press
TAB, it "expands" to the template of your headline, with the drawer and
such, with the point in desired place.
Hth,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-14 0:18 hook for inserting headlines Subhan Michael Tindall
2015-01-14 0:36 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-14 17:27 ` Subhan Michael Tindall
2015-01-14 20:54 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
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