Re: add a list item and automatically insert an incative timestamp without being asked to confirm "now"

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele@diplan.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: add a list item and automatically insert an incative timestamp without being asked to confirm "now"
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:11:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E03634F5-FE0F-49BE-9A08-92DA5FA9BC92@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49CBA6F1.7080208@diplan.de>

org-timer.el

- Carsten

On Mar 26, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Rainer Stengele wrote:

> Carsten,
>
> I tried to find the function where one can take notes with a  
> relative timer with
> M-<RET>. I gave up ...
> I would like to try to add the functionality of adding an item with  
> an inactive
> timestamp with M-<RET> (add the item with timestamp if a timestamp  
> occurs in the
> previous item).
> Where can I start to search?
>
> Rainer
>
>
> Rainer Stengele schrieb:
>> Carsten Dominik schrieb:
>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Rainer Stengele wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I want to write a function to create a new item in an item list and
>>>> immediately
>>>> insert an inactive timestamp. How could I possibly do this?
>>>> I can write a keyboard macro, yes.
>>>> But can somebody show me how to write a function which I can
>>>> global-set-key to?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Must be something like
>>>> ...
>>>> (org-meta-return)
>>>> (org-time-stamp-inactive t)
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Problem is I then get asked to confirm the current timestamp. In  
>>>> this
>>>> case I
>>>> always want to use the current timestamp without being asked.
>>>>
>>> (defun xxx ()
>>>  (interactive)
>>>  (org-insert-item)
>>>  (org-insert-time-stamp (current-time) 'with-hm 'inactive))
>>>
>>> This assumes that you are in a plain list already.  Funnily
>>> enough, there is no command to insert an item at any location,  
>>> except
>>> pressing
>>>
>>>  - SPC
>>>
>>> of course :-)
>>>
>>> So you could do
>>>
>>>
>>> (defun xxx ()
>>>  (interactive)
>>>  (if (not (org-in-item-p))
>>>      (insert "- ")
>>>    (org-insert-item))
>>>  (org-insert-time-stamp (current-time) 'with-hm 'inactive))
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Carsten,
>>
>> thanks a lot!
>> Why didn't I find that myself?
>> I simply tried C-h k C-c ! and found (org-time-stamp-inactive  
>> &optional arg).
>> If I only had found a hint to
>>  (org-insert-time-stamp time &optional with-hm inactive pre post  
>> extra)
>> ...
>>
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>>
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