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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Capture feature suggestion: place the mark from a template
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:02:55 +0200
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On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Colin Fraizer wrote:

> I use a capture template like this:
> 
> ("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "todo.org" "Tasks") 
>  "* TODO %?\n  :HIDDEN:\n  %U\n  :END:\n%!" :prepend t)
> 
> to create todo items.  I want the cursor to be at the end of the
> headline so I can type that in, but then I want to be able to quickly
> jump to the end so I can type any details that I want.
> 
> I use "the mark" for that purpose, so I can type "C-x C-x" to jump
> right where I want.  So I modified the function
> org-capture-place-entry to add the following lines:
> 
>    (goto-char beg)
>    (if (re-search-forward "%!" end t)
>        (progn
>          (push-mark nil t nil)
>          (replace-match "")))
> 
> just before the final (goto-char beg) that will put the cursor
> position at "%?".
> 
> (I guess I could have put that following ``(goto-char beg)'' inside
> that ``(progn ...)''.)
> 
> Would anyone else find this a useful addition to the capture template
> mechanism?


You could also use a prompt for the headline.  Or we could allow several %?
in the buffer, with a simple key to jump to the next one and delete it.....

- Carsten

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- Carsten