Re: Re: Automatic clock-in

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:

> Benjamin Andresen <benny@in-ulm.de> writes:
> 
> > Hey Andrea,
> >
> >
> > Maybe C-u M-x org-clock-in RET does what you want.
> >
> > br,
> > benny
> 
> Ah great that's really nice, I always forget to try the magic C-u
> first...
> So by the way what is the real function called when prefixing C-u?

The same function is called, but with the optional SELECT argument set.
C-h f org-clock-in says:

,----
| org-clock-in is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
| `org-clock.el'.
| 
| (org-clock-in &optional SELECT)
| 
| Start the clock on the current item.
| If necessary, clock-out of the currently active clock.
| With prefix arg SELECT, offer a list of recently clocked tasks to
| clock into.  When SELECT is `C-u C-u', clock into the current task and mark
| is as the default task, a special task that will always be offered in
| the clocking selection, associated with the letter `d'.
`----

> I mean, can I call it directly?
> 

You mean from lisp code? You call it like this:

    (org-clock-in 4)

(that's what C-u M-x org-clock-in does), or

    (org-clock-in 16)

(that's what C-u C-u M-x org-clock-in does.)

And, btw, that's what C-u and C-u C-u do *always*: see section 7.10,
Numeric Arguments, in the Emacs manual.

HTH,
Nick