Org-remember items are stored to the wrong headline

Org-remember items are stored to the wrong headline

[Tassilo Horn]

Hi all,

I use org-mode which is included in Emacs 23 from CVS (a current
checkout).  This is my relevant config for org-remember:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(require 'remember)
(setq org-default-notes-file "~/repos/org/main.org"
      org-remember-default-headline "Remember"
      org-remember-templates 
      '(;; TODOs
        ("todo-template" ?t "* TODO %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")
        ;; Ideas
        ("idea-template" ?i "* Idea: %^{Title}\n  (created: %U)\n  %?\n  %i\n  %a")
        ;; Notes
        ("note-template" ?n "* Note: %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")))
(setq remember-annotation-functions     '(org-remember-annotation)
      remember-handler-functions        '(org-remember-handler)
      org-remember-store-without-prompt t)
(add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c o r") 'org-remember)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The structure of my main.org file is as follows:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Remember
#+CATEGORY: Remember
   
* Projects
#+CATEGORY: Projects

* Foo
#+CATEGORY: Foo
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

When I create a new remember item with `C-c -o r', fill out one template
and hit `C-c C-c', it's always filed as **-headline in main.org, but not
below the "Remember" headline but below the last headline, i.e. "Foo".

As a workaround I can put the Remember headline to the end of the file,
but according to the docs, it should work as I've set it up...

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
RMS counted to infinity. Twice...

Re: Org-remember items are stored to the wrong headline

[Manish]

  On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Tassilo Horn wrote:
  > Hi all,
  >
  > I use org-mode which is included in Emacs 23 from CVS (a current
  > checkout).  This is my relevant config for org-remember:
  >
  > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  > (require 'remember)
  > (setq org-default-notes-file "~/repos/org/main.org"
  >      org-remember-default-headline "Remember"
  >      org-remember-templates
  >      '(;; TODOs
  >        ("todo-template" ?t "* TODO %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")
  >        ;; Ideas
  >        ("idea-template" ?i "* Idea: %^{Title}\n  (created: %U)\n
%?\n  %i\n  %a")
  >        ;; Notes
  >        ("note-template" ?n "* Note: %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")))
  > (setq remember-annotation-functions     '(org-remember-annotation)
  >      remember-handler-functions        '(org-remember-handler)
  >      org-remember-store-without-prompt t)
  > (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template)
  > (global-set-key (kbd "C-c o r") 'org-remember)
  > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
  >
  > The structure of my main.org file is as follows:
  >
  > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  > * Remember
  > #+CATEGORY: Remember
  >
  > * Projects
  > #+CATEGORY: Projects
  >
  > * Foo
  > #+CATEGORY: Foo
  > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
  >
  > When I create a new remember item with `C-c -o r', fill out one template
  > and hit `C-c C-c', it's always filed as **-headline in main.org, but not
  > below the "Remember" headline but below the last headline, i.e. "Foo".
  >
  > As a workaround I can put the Remember headline to the end of the file,
  > but according to the docs, it should work as I've set it up...


I took liberty to rephrase the template definition.  Seems to work as
you expect it to now.

(setq org-remember-templates
      (quote
       ((
         ;; TODOs
         ("todo-emplate" ?t "* TODO %? \n  :CREATED: %U%i\n  %a"
"~/org/main.org" "Remember")
         ;; Ideas
         ("idea-template" ?i "* Idea: %^{Title}\n  %?\n  :CREATED:
%U%i\n  %a" "~/org/main.org" "Remember")
         ;; Notes
         ("note-template" ?n "* Note: %?\n  :CREATED: %U%i\n  %a"
"~/org/main.org" "Remember"))))

HTH,
-- Manish

Re: Org-remember items are stored to the wrong headline

[Tassilo Horn]

Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com> writes:

Hi!

>   > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>   > (setq org-default-notes-file "~/repos/org/main.org"
>   >      org-remember-default-headline "Remember"
>   >      org-remember-templates
>   >      '(;; TODOs
>   >        ("todo-template" ?t "* TODO %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")
>   >        ;; Ideas
>   >        ("idea-template" ?i "* Idea: %^{Title}\n  (created: %U)\n  %?\n  %i\n  %a")
>   >        ;; Notes
>   >        ("note-template" ?n "* Note: %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")))
>   > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> I took liberty to rephrase the template definition.  Seems to work as
> you expect it to now.
>
> (setq org-remember-templates
>       (quote
>        ((
>          ;; TODOs
>          ("todo-emplate" ?t "* TODO %? \n  :CREATED: %U%i\n  %a" "~/org/main.org" "Remember")
>          ;; Ideas
>          ("idea-template" ?i "* Idea: %^{Title}\n  %?\n  :CREATED: %U%i\n  %a" "~/org/main.org" "Remember")
>          ;; Notes
>          ("note-template" ?n "* Note: %?\n  :CREATED: %U%i\n  %a" "~/org/main.org" "Remember"))))

Even if it works with this definition, it's only a workaround.

,----[ C-h v org-remember-templates RET ]
| org-remember-templates is a variable defined in `org-remember.el'.

[...]

| The fourth element is optional and can specify a destination file for
| remember items created with this template.  The default file is given
| by `org-default-notes-file'.  If the file name is not an absolute
| path, it will be interpreted relative to `org-directory'.
| 
| An optional fifth element can specify the headline in that file that should
| be offered first when the user is asked to file the entry.  The default
| headline is given in the variable `org-remember-default-headline'.  When
| this element is `top' or `bottom', the note will be placed as a level-1
| entry at the beginning or end of the file, respectively.

[...]

| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
`----

So the 4th and 5th element are optional and should use the values of
`org-default-notes-file' and `org-remember-default-headline' if not
specified.  But that's not done for the headline in my case...

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
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not even the Church of Emacs. (Richard M. Stallman)

Re: Org-remember items are stored to the wrong headline

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Tassilo,

this is a bug in compatibility code that is supposed convert values  
previously valid for org-remember-templates to the new format.  In  
your case, this code modified your templates to include the empty  
string as the default headline.  You can see this if you look at the  
value of org-remember-templates after you have used remember for the  
first time in an emacs session.

Things will be fine if you explicitly specify nil for the file and  
headline fields in the template definition.  Or get the latest git  
release, where this problem is fixed as well.

Thanks for the report.

- Carsten

On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:45 AM, Tassilo Horn wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I use org-mode which is included in Emacs 23 from CVS (a current
> checkout).  This is my relevant config for org-remember:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (require 'remember)
> (setq org-default-notes-file "~/repos/org/main.org"
>     org-remember-default-headline "Remember"
>     org-remember-templates
>     '(;; TODOs
>       ("todo-template" ?t "* TODO %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")
>       ;; Ideas
>       ("idea-template" ?i "* Idea: %^{Title}\n  (created: %U)\n  %? 
> \n  %i\n  %a")
>       ;; Notes
>       ("note-template" ?n "* Note: %?\n  (created: %U)\n  %i\n  %a")))
> (setq remember-annotation-functions     '(org-remember-annotation)
>     remember-handler-functions        '(org-remember-handler)
>     org-remember-store-without-prompt t)
> (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template)
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-c o r") 'org-remember)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The structure of my main.org file is as follows:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * Remember
> #+CATEGORY: Remember
>
> * Projects
> #+CATEGORY: Projects
>
> * Foo
> #+CATEGORY: Foo
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> When I create a new remember item with `C-c -o r', fill out one  
> template
> and hit `C-c C-c', it's always filed as **-headline in main.org, but  
> not
> below the "Remember" headline but below the last headline, i.e. "Foo".
>
> As a workaround I can put the Remember headline to the end of the  
> file,
> but according to the docs, it should work as I've set it up...
>
> Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
> -- 
> RMS counted to infinity. Twice...
>
>
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Re: Org-remember items are stored to the wrong headline

[Tassilo Horn]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:

Hi Carsten,

> Things will be fine if you explicitly specify nil for the file and
> headline fields in the template definition.  Or get the latest git
> release, where this problem is fixed as well.

Thanks a lot.

Bye,
Tassilo
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