Re: Insert time in Org-mode

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

> On 2019-06-26, at 21:04, Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 06:41:15PM +0200, gmx wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> How to insert the current time? I have a table in which I want to
>>> indicate the beginning of an oral exam (firt column), the end (second
>>> column), and (third column) make the difference between the two (I can
>>> do that).
>>
>> I use this:
>>
>> ;; Insert immediate timestamp
>> (bind-key "<f9>"
>> 		  '(lambda () (interactive)
>> 			 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
>> 			   (org-insert-time-stamp nil t t)
>> 			   (insert "\n"))))
>>
>> I press f9 all the time while note taking to timestamp my activities.
>
> That is a bit strange - my Emacs doesn't seem to have `bind-key'.
>

It is from a separate package called bind-key that you can install from
MELPA.

The excellent 'use-package' package uses it as a convenience method to
bind keys in use-pacakge definition blocks.

> Also, I would just add f9 to `org-mode-map', e.g. using `define-key' -
> there's no need then to check for `major-mode'.
>

Yep, exactly my first thoughts when I saw the example. I use to have
something similar, but now my capture templates and 'Journal' option
take care of all of that, plus other useful details - like the
place/buffer/mode you were in when you took the note etc. 


-- 
Tim Cross