Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed

[pietru@caramail.com]

Here is one version of a template

(setq capture-template-investigation-type '(

 ("a" "Historic Background Research Site Evaluation/Testing" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("b" "Systematic Survey Data Recovery/Excavation" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("c" "Records Search or Inventory Checking" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("d" "Site Stewardship Monitoring" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("e" "Site Stabilization" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("f" "Heritage Management" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("g" "Environment Research" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("h" "Reconnaissance or Survey" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("i" "Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("j" "Collections Research" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("k" "Consultation" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("l" "Ethnographic Research" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("m" "Research Design or Data Recovery Plan" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("n" "Architectural Survey" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("o" "Ethnohistoric Research" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("p" "Ground Disturbance Monitoring" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("q" "Geophysical Survey" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("r" "Archaeological Overview" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("s" "Bioarchaeological Research" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("t" "Architectural Documentation" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n")

 ("u" "Remote Sensing" entry
  (file "~/histr/archaeol.org")
  "* Site_Type: %?\n %T\n") ))



> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 2:32 AM
> From: pietru@caramail.com
> To: "Tim Cross" <theophilusx@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed
>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 1:46 AM
> > From: "Tim Cross" <theophilusx@gmail.com>
> > To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> > Subject: Re: Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed
> >
> >
> > pietru@caramail.com writes:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > When making a relatively long Org Capture Menu for Archaeological Field Management,
> > > the relevant capture window cannot be scrolled down.  This becomes particularly
> > > problematic with small field laptops.
> > >
> >
> > I'm assuming you mean the window which pops up where you select the
> > capture template to use.
>
> Correct
>
> > Just wondering if perhaps what we really need to do is provide some sort
> > of support for using Emacs completion facilities to select templates? I
> > realise this is challenging because of the huge wealth of completion
> > frameworks available in Emacs, but perhaps adding support for something
> > like fido-mode would be beneficial. To some extent, it feels like org is
> > re-inventing a wheel here and we would be better off using an existing
> > facility rather than develop/maintain an org specific version.
>
> I have used icomplete, which works really well.  But I am not in a position
> to claim it is the right solution
>
> > I see a very similar problem with the export menu, but that is a more
> > complex situation.
> > --
> > Tim Cross
> >
> >
>
>