From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Bug: datetree capture from agenda [7.5 (release_7.5.135.g7021f.dirty)] Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 13:09:11 +0200 Message-ID: References: <92753333-331E-45C6-A375-53D81FDBC644@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40729 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q7Qbs-0007ew-0S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:09:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7Qbq-0001ss-V3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:09:15 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:40958) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q7Qbq-0001s9-QO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:09:14 -0400 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so410326ewy.0 for ; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:09:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Philip Rooke Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Philip Rooke wrote: > Carsten Dominik writes: >=20 > Thanks Carsten, >=20 >> I can see that it might be nice to simply add some text >> under the date headline in a date tree, in order to build >> up a long journal entry from little snippets. >=20 > Yes, this is exactly what I do over the course of the day and I find = it > very useful. The trouble I run into is that, all too often, I forget = or > don't have time to add an entry on the day the noteworthy event > happened. I use the agenda capture action (k c) in this situation = since > the date I am on in the agenda is picked up automatically by the > template and the right date headline is created at the right place in > the journal. Currently I have to then cut/paste the note, which is = the > bit I was trying to avoid. >=20 >> However, you are trying to *mix* headline entries and plain entries >> under the same date node in the tree, and this seems to be = impossible. >=20 > Sorry, my fault, the full version of journal template I currently use > ends up creating entries like: >=20 > *** 2011-04-06 Wednesday >=20 > Try and clarify journal/note taking use case for Carsten > [2011-04-06 Wed 10:03] >=20 > Apologise for confusing Carsten as I don't actually use headline > entries in the journal, plain only > [2011-04-06 Wed 10:05] >=20 >> Wouldn't a better strategy be to have the "plain" section be started = with a time, >=20 > Well, as you see above I actually do like to have the time of the = entry, > but the only way I thought I could do that was using the %U keyword in > the template (which is clumsy as it then duplicates the date/day). >=20 >>=20 >> (the %<%H:%M> requires the current git release...) >=20 > ... which, coincidently, seems to have appeared this morning :-) Yes, but even before that you could have done %(format-time-string "%H:%M") Cheers - Carsten