Re: Syntax to trigger org-capture (Re: camel.el, for CamelCase links)

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Syntax to trigger org-capture (Re: camel.el, for CamelCase links)
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:31:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D10CB127-73AE-44DA-9728-6975E9C6FD5B@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eiec8602.fsf_-_@gnu.org>

On Aug 6, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Bastien wrote:

> When you think of CamelCase and on-the-fly creating of non-existing
> files/headlines, it's just another way of *capturing* stuff.
>
> Why not defining some simple syntax to trigger the capture mechanism
> from special links?
>
> For example:
>
>  "I write a reference to a >c:newfile which I can create later."
>
> - The ">c:newfile" is a link.
> - The ">c" is a link abbreviation.
> - The ">" part is the syntax for link abbrevations to trigger a  
> capture.
> - The "c" part is the keybinding of capture template to call.
> - The "newfile" would be passed on as a variable for the (nth 3) of  
> the
>  template (we could have several variables separated by "#"
>
> This would combine the flexibility of on-the-fly file creation and of
> the capture mechanism, allowing multiple templates.

This is a pretty smart idea, going through capture for this.
It would have the advantage that the new entry could be created
without having to switch buffers.

I just did push a change where

    [[file:xyz.org::My new heading]]

will create a new entry when activated - but I will think about going
through capture.

Thanks!

- Carsten

>
> What do you think?
>
> -- 
> Bastien
>
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- Carsten