Capturing to second level headline that does not exist

Capturing to second level headline that does not exist

[John Hendy]

I'm sure this is trivial, but I'm missing it.

If I use file+olp to try something like this

#+begin_src .emacs
(setq org-capture-templates
    `(("c" "clock" entry (file+olp "~/org/clocking.org"
	  ,(format "%s"
	     (format-time-string "%Y"))
          ,(format "%s"
             (format-time-string "%B")))
          "*** %? %^G \n %u" :clock-in t :clock-result t)))
#+end_src

I get an error that the headline doesn't exist. But if I do it like this:

#+begin_src .emacs
(setq org-capture-templates
    `(    ("a" "clock2" entry (file+headline "~/org/clocking.org"
	  ,(format "%s"
	     (format-time-string "%Y")))
          ,(format "** %s \n*** %%? %%^G \n %%u"
             (format-time-string "%B"))
           :clock-in t :clock-resume t)))
#+end_src

Then if I run this a few times, I get this:

,--- ~/org/clocking.org ---
| * 2012
| ** August
| *** test
|  [2012-08-31 Fri]
| ** August
| *** test2
|  [2012-08-31 Fri]
`----------------------------------

So... one won't create a new headline, and the other creates a
duplicate if there's another of the same type there. The second makes
sense since I'm passing a string to use for the entry... it just takes
that string and inserts it where I told it. But is there a way to make
file+olp make a new headline if it doesn't exist? Or another way to do
this?


Thanks,
John

Re: Capturing to second level headline that does not exist

[Nick Dokos]

John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm sure this is trivial, but I'm missing it.
> 
> If I use file+olp to try something like this
> 
> #+begin_src .emacs
> (setq org-capture-templates
>     `(("c" "clock" entry (file+olp "~/org/clocking.org"
> 	  ,(format "%s"
> 	     (format-time-string "%Y"))
>           ,(format "%s"
>              (format-time-string "%B")))
>           "*** %? %^G \n %u" :clock-in t :clock-result t)))
> #+end_src
> 
> I get an error that the headline doesn't exist. But if I do it like this:
> 
> #+begin_src .emacs
> (setq org-capture-templates
>     `(    ("a" "clock2" entry (file+headline "~/org/clocking.org"
> 	  ,(format "%s"
> 	     (format-time-string "%Y")))
>           ,(format "** %s \n*** %%? %%^G \n %%u"
>              (format-time-string "%B"))
>            :clock-in t :clock-resume t)))
> #+end_src
> 
> Then if I run this a few times, I get this:
> 
> ,--- ~/org/clocking.org ---
> | * 2012
> | ** August
> | *** test
> |  [2012-08-31 Fri]
> | ** August
> | *** test2
> |  [2012-08-31 Fri]
> `----------------------------------
> 
> So... one won't create a new headline, and the other creates a
> duplicate if there's another of the same type there. The second makes
> sense since I'm passing a string to use for the entry... it just takes
> that string and inserts it where I told it. But is there a way to make
> file+olp make a new headline if it doesn't exist? Or another way to do
> this?
> 

Can't you just pre-make the relevant structure in the file?

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* 2012
** August
** September
** October
...
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Then the relevant headings are going to be present.

Nick