Re: Re: question about capture templates

From: "Filippo A. Salustri" <salustri@ryerson.ca>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: "Sébastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: question about capture templates
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:28:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=nLs94nSdp8ovLP6FqX5EpNCqE3wygjnV84cfj@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Yup; I just tried the git snapshot of 23 Feb and it's working.
Thanks!!
Cheers.
Fil

On 22 February 2011 04:15, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Feb 22, 2011, at 1:39 AM, Filippo A. Salustri wrote:
>
> > Thanks to everyone for the varied and thoughtful responses.  I didn't
> think of backquotes, but I know about them from Scheme, and no, they
> shouldn't work in this case.
> >
> > Very frustrating.  org-capture clearly has the original buffer handy (for
> %a stuff) yet I can't get it out of there without hacking the org code,
> which I am loathe to do.  Hmmm.  I'll think some more.  If I come up with
> anything; I'll report it.
>
> I have just implemented that whenever you mean a file name
> in capture templates, you can instead give a function, a
> variable, or a lisp form.  So your original attempt
>
> >> ("m" "Message" entry (file+datetree (buffer-file-name
> >> (buffer-base-buffer))) "* MSG @ %U %?\n %a")
>
> should now work.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> - Carsten
>
> >
> > Cheers.
> > Fil
> >
> > 2011/2/21 Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Richard Lawrence wrote:
> > > Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:
> > >> "Filippo A. Salustri" wrote:
> > >>> I would really like to be able to vary the file into which a captured
> item
> > >>> goes. Specifically, I'd like to insert the item into whatever file I
> was
> > >>> visiting when I started the capture.
> > >
> > >> You have to use backquotes so that expressions are considered as code
> to
> > >> execute, instead of data. See Emacs manual.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that backquotes will do what the OP wants. Backquotes will
> > > allow the OP to compute the value of a target file at the time the
> (setq
> > > org-capture templates ...) form is evaluated. The OP needs a way to
> > > determine the target file at the time of capture (right?), not at the
> time
> > > the variable is set.
> >
> > You're definitely right. I missed the distinction "at Org launch time" vs
> "at
> > execution time"... Pull my answer off the records ;-)
> >
> > Best regards,
> >  Seb
> >
> > --
> > Sébastien Vauban
> >
> >
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> > --
> > Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
> > Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
> > Ryerson University
> > 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON
> > M5B 2K3, Canada
> > Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749
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> > http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
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> - Carsten
>
>
>
>

-- 
Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON
M5B 2K3, Canada
Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749
Fax: 416/979-5265
Email: salustri@ryerson.ca
http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/

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