* org-remember to org-capture
@ 2012-01-27 14:05 Martin Pohlack
2012-01-28 16:00 ` Bastien
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Martin Pohlack @ 2012-01-27 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: org-mode
Hi,
I am in the process of switching from org-remember to org-capture.
I used a custom function with org-remember to capture into a
host-specific sub-tree under "* Inbox" in order to minimize git merge
conflicts between my machines.
My tree typically looks like this:
* Inbox
*** Inbox:host1
***** INBOX idea 1
***** INBOX idea 2
*** Inbox:host2
***** INBOX idea 3
The custom function with org-remember only needed to create the target
headline's name. Org-remember would find it or create it (IIRC):
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
(defun my-host-name ()
"Returns the name of the current host minus the domain."
(let ((hostname (downcase (system-name))))
(save-match-data
(substring hostname (string-match "^[^.]+" hostname) (match-end 0)))))
(defun my-org-remember-headline ()
(concatenate 'string "Inbox:" (my-host-name)))
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
The problem is now that org-capture expects a function that creates
the target node and positions point at a child of the target, is this
correct?
My hacky solution is to use the file+function template and looks like
this:
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
(defun my-org-capture-function ()
(goto-char
(org-find-exact-headline-in-buffer
(concatenate 'string "Inbox:" (my-host-name)) nil t))
(org-end-of-line)
(org-insert-subheading ""))
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
But it looks clumsy and always inserts as first child. Is there a
more elegant approach, maybe using the refiling mechanism?
Thanks,
Martin
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2012-01-27 14:05 org-remember to org-capture Martin Pohlack
@ 2012-01-28 16:00 ` Bastien
2012-01-28 21:34 ` Martin Pohlack
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2012-01-28 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Pohlack; +Cc: org-mode
Hi Martin,
Martin Pohlack <mp26@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> writes:
> I am in the process of switching from org-remember to org-capture.
Possibly useless hint: M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
Can you restate the problem more directly? What are your capture
template, what is it supposed to achieve, how does it fail to do
what you want -- we'll work out something from there.
Thanks,
--
Bastien
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* Re: org-remember to org-capture
2012-01-28 16:00 ` Bastien
@ 2012-01-28 21:34 ` Martin Pohlack
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Martin Pohlack @ 2012-01-28 21:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bastien; +Cc: org-mode
Hi Bastien,
thanks for your reply.
On 28.01.2012 17:00, Bastien wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> Martin Pohlack <mp26@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> writes:
>
>> I am in the process of switching from org-remember to org-capture.
>
> Possibly useless hint: M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
Yes thanks. Unfortunately, this does not convert my custom function :-).
In fact, it does not convert anything (with org-mode 7.6).
> Can you restate the problem more directly? What are your capture
> template, what is it supposed to achieve, how does it fail to do
> what you want -- we'll work out something from there.
All right, here is my (stripped down) setup:
'(org-remember-templates (quote (
("Inbox-Arbeit" 97 "* INBOX %^{Title}
%U%?
%i" "~/Daten/plan_arbeit.org" my-org-remember-headline nil)
("Inbox-Privat" 112 "* INBOX %^{Title}
%U%?
%i" "~/Daten/plan_privat.org" my-org-remember-headline nil)
("Journal" 106 "* %^{Eintrag}%?%i%&" "~/Daten/Journal.org"
return_formated_date nil))))
Let' focus on the first entry (Inbox-Arbeit): the only non-standard
thing here is the function my-org-remember-headline.
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
(defun my-host-name ()
"Returns the name of the current host minus the domain."
(let ((hostname (downcase (system-name))))
(save-match-data
(substring hostname (string-match "^[^.]+" hostname) (match-end 0)))))
(defun my-org-remember-headline ()
(concatenate 'string "Inbox:" (my-host-name)))
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
Run on “host1” it will return “Inbox:host1”, etc.
My “plan_arbeit.org” file contains this structure:
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
* Inbox
*** Inbox:host1
*** Inbox:host2
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
So that each machine has a separate inbox under a global container.
This reduces git merge conflicts when I merge my plan files from
different machines (but this is a side discussion).
What changed from org-remember to org-capture is that custom functions
used to return a string with a target parent headline. Now they are
expected to modify “point” as a side effect before the actual capturing
happens (and not return anything).
Here is my new capture template:
'(org-capture-templates (quote (
("a" "Inbox-Arbeit" entry
(file+function "~/Daten/plan_arbeit.org" my-org-capture-function)
"* INBOX %^{Title}
%U%?
%i"))))
I drafted this new function for org-capture:
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
(defun my-org-capture-function ()
(goto-char
(org-find-exact-headline-in-buffer
(concatenate 'string "Inbox:" (my-host-name)) nil t))
(org-end-of-line)
(org-insert-subheading ""))
---->8----------------------------------------------------------------
This shall capture again under “Inbox/Inbox:$hostname”.
The function feels clumsy because this functionality should already be
in org-mode (e.g., the refiling stuff). Also, it files new items as
first child under the target and not as last child.
The question is simply: Is there a more elegant approach, maybe using
the refiling mechanism? Have I overlooked something obvious?
Thanks,
Martin
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