From: Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>
To: Emacs Org Mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Can `org-capture` templates be made to result in a sub-heading of the current heading?
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 09:05:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHa53uwZDB83t+XOB7wH62JytWPbBVDstPo5_BS2foGok0rRrA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHa53uxPpQAEzTGdX8J1JcNV=2ca+6srTarccE4S93u2Po1LXA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 8:42 AM Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 5:04 PM Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Can `org-capture` templates be made to result in a sub-heading of the
>> current heading?
>>
>> So
>>
>> ```
>> * This Week
>> ** TODO A TODO Item
>>
>> [2023-05-05 Fri 10:47]
>>
>> A description <point's here>
>> ```
>>
>> and I whack my capture keychord and get
>>
>> ```
>> * This Week
>> ** TODO A TODO Item
>>
>> [2023-05-05 Fri 10:47]
>>
>> A description
>> *** [2023-05-10 Wed 17:02]
>>
>> [2023-05-10 Wed 17:02]
>>
>> <point's here>
>> ```
>>
>
> It's worth noting that with a capture template like
>
> ```
> ("twj" "TODO Work TODO Journal" entry
> (file+headline "~/Documents/todo.org" "Inbox")
> "* %U
>
> %U
>
> %?")
> ```
>
> If I do the usual `M-0 M-x org-capture` with point in the original spot it
> behaves exactly as I want it to. My goal is to get it to behave that way
> just by invoking the capture template.
>
OK after poking around in `org-capture-set-target-location` I think I have
this sorted. Please let me know if I'm doing something obviously silly. :)
```
(defun timvisher--org-capture-sub-heading-insertion-point
()
(insert "\n")
(forward-char)
(org-capture-put :exact-position (point) :insert-here t))
;; Embedded in the capture templates list
("twj" "TODO Work TODO Journal" entry
(function timvisher--org-capture-sub-heading-insertion-point)
"* %U
%U
%?")
```
The key was finding that it wasn't enough to merely move point to the
proper location. I _also_ needed to call `org-capture-put`. The docs on
this subject are a little misleading, IMHO.
‘(function function-finding-location)’
> Most general way: write your own function which both visits
> the file and moves point to the right location.
Empirically it seems like you have to visit the file, move point to the
right location, _and_ call `org-capture-put`.
-- Tim Visher
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-10 21:04 Can `org-capture` templates be made to result in a sub-heading of the current heading? Tim Visher
2023-05-11 12:42 ` Tim Visher
2023-05-11 13:05 ` Tim Visher [this message]
2023-05-11 13:10 ` Tim Visher
2023-05-12 12:08 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-05-12 14:24 ` Tim Visher
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