Org-capture does not work with "long" extracts of text

Org-capture does not work with "long" extracts of text

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi,

I'm using for months Org-capture, with a lot of interest. In the beginning, it
was on Firefox/Ubuntu, now it is (for external reasons) on Firefox/Windows XP.

I think I can relate the limitation I'll expose with the switch from Linux to
Windows. However, that does not necessarily mean that Windows is the culprit,
as there are so many (little) differences between the two systems.

So, what's the limitation?  I can only capture _short text_ extracts from the
Web. Once it gets over 20 lines of text or so, the "Org-capture" button still
does not do anything.

On the same page (whichever, in fact) as the one exhibiting the above problem,
selecting a shorter region of text makes the behavior of the button come back
to life.

So, it really is related somehow to the length of the copied text (words,
lines, bytes, ...?).

Any idea or workaround for this?

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sébastien Vauban

Re: Org-capture does not work with "long" extracts of text

[Giovanni Ridolfi]

Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

 Hi, Sébastien,
>
> Org-capture, [...]  on Firefox/Windows XP.
>
[...]
> So, what's the limitation?  I can only capture _short text_ extracts from the
> Web. Once it gets over 20 lines of text or so, the "Org-capture" button still
> does not do anything.

would you please share some details and a brief tutorial so that I can 
try to reproduce this behaviour?

tia,
Giovanni

Re: Org-capture does not work with "long" extracts of text

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Giovanni,

Giovanni Ridolfi wrote:
> Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> Org-capture, [...] on Firefox/Windows XP. [...]
>>
>> So, what's the limitation? I can only capture _short text_ extracts from
>> the Web. Once it gets over 20 lines of text or so, the "Org-capture" button
>> still does not do anything.
>
> would you please share some details and a brief tutorial so that I can try
> to reproduce this behaviour?

I followed quite precisely the instructions given on
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.php

In particular, for Windows, I created the following =.reg= file:

#+begin_src txt :tangle org-protocol-setup.reg
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\org-protocol]
@="URL:Org Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\org-protocol\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\org-protocol\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\org-protocol\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Emacs\\emacs\\bin\\emacsclientw.exe\" \"%1\""
#+end_src

and double-click it.

Then I created JavaScript bookmarklets, by adding new bookmarks, with the
following *names* and *addresses*:

- =org-capture=

  #+BEGIN_SRC javascript
  javascript:location.href='org-protocol://capture://'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'/'+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'/'+encodeURIComponent(window.getSelection())
  #+END_SRC

- =org-store-link=

  #+BEGIN_SRC javascript
  javascript:location.href='org-protocol://store-link://'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'/'+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'/'+encodeURIComponent(window.getSelection())
  #+END_SRC

- =org-open-source=

  #+BEGIN_SRC javascript
  javascript:location.href='org-protocol://open-source://'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)
  #+END_SRC

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sébastien Vauban

Re: Re: Org-capture does not work with "long" extracts of text

[Giovanni Ridolfi]

Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

> Hi Giovanni,
>
> Giovanni Ridolfi wrote:
>> Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:
>>> Org-capture, [...] on Firefox/Windows XP. [...]
>>>
[...]
> In particular, for Windows, I created the following =.reg= file:
 :-(
Sorry, I don't have the permission to change registry files,
I can't help.

Giovanni