From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Insert time in Org-mode
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:04:33 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnn0ovf2.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y31ow0i2.fsf@mbork.pl>
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
> On 2019-06-26, at 21:04, Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 06:41:15PM +0200, gmx wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> How to insert the current time? I have a table in which I want to
>>> indicate the beginning of an oral exam (firt column), the end (second
>>> column), and (third column) make the difference between the two (I can
>>> do that).
>>
>> I use this:
>>
>> ;; Insert immediate timestamp
>> (bind-key "<f9>"
>> '(lambda () (interactive)
>> (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
>> (org-insert-time-stamp nil t t)
>> (insert "\n"))))
>>
>> I press f9 all the time while note taking to timestamp my activities.
>
> That is a bit strange - my Emacs doesn't seem to have `bind-key'.
>
It is from a separate package called bind-key that you can install from
MELPA.
The excellent 'use-package' package uses it as a convenience method to
bind keys in use-pacakge definition blocks.
> Also, I would just add f9 to `org-mode-map', e.g. using `define-key' -
> there's no need then to check for `major-mode'.
>
Yep, exactly my first thoughts when I saw the example. I use to have
something similar, but now my capture templates and 'Journal' option
take care of all of that, plus other useful details - like the
place/buffer/mode you were in when you took the note etc.
--
Tim Cross
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-26 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2019-06-25 16:41 ` Insert time in Org-mode gmx
2019-06-25 16:56 ` Fraga, Eric
2019-06-25 17:23 ` gmx
2019-06-26 4:54 ` Spenser Truex
2019-06-26 19:59 ` Daniele Nicolodi
2019-06-30 0:07 ` Spenser Truex
2019-06-25 17:09 ` Robert Pluim
2019-06-26 19:04 ` Russell Adams
2019-06-26 20:32 ` Marcin Borkowski
2019-06-26 22:04 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2019-06-27 9:23 ` Russell Adams
2019-06-27 22:19 ` Tim Cross
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