I have a function to create a frame for capture mode that I can call with emacsclient at any time: ;; Initialization of capture frames (defun make-capture-frame () "Create a new frame and run org-capture" (interactive) (make-frame '((name . "capture") (width . 80) (height . 10))) (select-frame-by-name "capture") ;; Org-remember splits windows, force it to a single window (add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook 'delete-other-windows) (org-capture) ) This works great, however I actually would like org-capture-mode to split the screen when I am *not* calling this function, but it seems like when I have this existing, it deletes the other window even when I am inside the original emacs. thanks for any hints! micah --