Re: Capture, template expansion and keyword for link type

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Sébastien Gendre <seb@k-7.ch> writes:

> I was reading the Org-mode manual, at section "10.1.3.2 Template
> expansion":
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Template-expansion.html
>
> And I was a little bit confused by the "%:keyword". The manual say:
> "Specific information for certain link types, see below."
>
> Where did this link come from ?

> When is it defined, and from/to where ?

> To be able to use the "%:keyword" in a capture: Do I need to store a
> link before calling org-capture ? Or do the call of org-capture will
> automatically store a link to where my point is before the call ?

> The manual page of template expansion did not explain it.
>

1. If there is %a placeholder in the template, org-capture stores link
   to the location from where you called org-capture

2. If there is no placeholder, the last stored link is used

> Also, if a capture template is selected after an org-protocol call, the
> documentation say that only 3 keywords are available: %:link’,
> ‘%:description’ and ‘%:annotation’.
>
> Is it possible to passe more keyword through an org-protocol call ?

Not directly. Additional keywords are stored inside undocumented %:query
keyword value.

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