[patch] capture property table-line-pos can be a function

[Thomas Holst <Thomas_Holst@gmx.de>]

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Hi,

for quite a while I have this patch in my local org-mode branch. Now I
find the time to share it.

Given a table with several sections and a capture template for entries
in this table. The sections are dynamic, so a static value for
table-line-pos does not help. With this patch table-line-pos can be:

- a string like "II-2"
- a varialbe containing a string
- or a function
  The function has to return a string which qualifies for table-line-pos

This serves me well and I am using it for more than one year now.

If you find it usefull then feel free to use it. I marked it as
TINYCHANGE, but I have signed FSF papers.

--
Bis neulich ...
  Thomas


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From e5f906f20b796326e50057fa4fc21599368bd347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Holst <Thomas_Holst@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:22:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] capture: property `:table-line-pos' can be a function
 name, a string or a variable

* org-capture.el: If the value of `:table-line-pos' is a function name,
  its return valeue is used to determine the position inside the table.
  Return value must be a string like "II-3". Else `:table-line-pos' is
  'eval'ed.

  TINYCHANGE
---
 lisp/org-capture.el | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
index e7f5e20..cf6c9e2 100644
--- a/lisp/org-capture.el
+++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
@@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@ may have been stored before."
     ;; Check if the template is good
     (if (not (string-match org-table-dataline-regexp txt))
 	(setq txt "| %?Bad template |\n"))
+    (if (functionp table-line-pos)
+	(setq table-line-pos (funcall table-line-pos))
+      (setq table-line-pos (eval table-line-pos)))
     (cond
      ((and table-line-pos
 	   (string-match "\\(I+\\)\\([-+][0-9]\\)" table-line-pos))
-- 
1.7.9.5