Re: org-capture target files

[Kalev Takkis <kalev.takkis@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:

> Hi Kalev,
>
> Kalev Takkis <kalev.takkis@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Is it possible to take a note in org-capture and to specify one or
> > several files to put the message into only after the note is written?
>
> You can refile a note from the capture buffer with C-c C-w.
>
> I added a command to /copy/ the note instead of refiling it: C-c M-w.
> Finding the copying location works the same way than for refile.  So
> now you can copy the item from the capture buffer to several files.
>
> > The workflow I have in mind is first pressing C-c c to take a note;
> > selecting the type of note I'd like to take; typing the message,
> > pasting a link etc., finishing the note, with C-c C-c and then ending
> > up in a list of available *.org files (which could already be on
> > display in a window next to capture window) from which I can select
> > the file(s) where to send the note to.
>
> The available process is a bit different: capture, edit, refile or copy,
> then finalize the capture process.
>
> > After some ferocious googling
> > for  the past two months it seems that this kind of system does not
> > exist (right?).
>
> Two months of googling!  Phew.  :)
>
> > But would it be possible to write something like that? After
> > consulting with the org-capture.el file I have some doubts, all
> > capture templates expect the destination file to be known beforehand,
>
> Yes -- hence the different process describe above.
>
> > and the filename is resolved early in the  capture process. There is
> > a template where a function is supposed to find the target and which
> > is described as the most flexible way, but since the capture already
> > happens in the target file in an indirect buffer, I don't think it's
> > flexibility is enough.
> >
> > What do you think, is there a way to do this?
>
> Please try the new feature if you can (it is in the git master branch)
> and let me know if it helps.
>
> Best,
>
> --
>  Bastien
>


Thanks, I tried it out and it seems to work. Hopefully it will be useful
for others too.

Another thing I've been meaning to ask: org-capture-mode-hook seems to be
triggered twice, why is that? It was also present in the previous version
of org that I  used, 7.8.02 and I can confirm now it's there in the latest
git version also. If it's not a bug but a desired feature can I disable it
from running twice? I'd like to attach some code to it and getting the
results twice is slightly annoying.

Regards,
Kalev

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