Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> Hello,

Hello Alan,

> I often find myself doing the following: use a capture template to
> nicely setup an entry (often a date tree entry with a link to the
> current document), then jump to the newly created headline to start
> adding notes. I typically do this during meetings, as I do not want to
> stay in the capture buffer all the time.
>
> Is there a way to setup a capture template such that it directly opens
> the target file and set-up entry, instead of the capture buffer?
>
> I tried a universal argument before calling org-capture, but it only
> jumps to the capture destination and does not set up the entry.

You can customize your capture templates with `M-x org-capture RET C'.
Look especially at the plist keywords `:immediate-finish` and
`:jump-to-captured`.

Best,

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Daimrod/Greg