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Re: [O] Bug: datetree capture from agenda [7.5 (release_7.5.135.g7021f.d
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Carsten Dominik |
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Re: [O] Bug: datetree capture from agenda [7.5 (release_7.5.135.g7021f.dirty)] |
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Wed, 6 Apr 2011 13:06:35 +0200 |
On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Philip Rooke wrote:
> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Thanks Carsten,
>
>> I can see that it might be nice to simply add some text
>> under the date headline in a date tree, in order to build
>> up a long journal entry from little snippets.
>
> Yes, this is exactly what I do over the course of the day and I find it
> very useful. The trouble I run into is that, all too often, I forget or
> don't have time to add an entry on the day the noteworthy event
> happened. I use the agenda capture action (k c) in this situation since
> the date I am on in the agenda is picked up automatically by the
> template and the right date headline is created at the right place in
> the journal. Currently I have to then cut/paste the note, which is the
> bit I was trying to avoid.
>
>> However, you are trying to *mix* headline entries and plain entries
>> under the same date node in the tree, and this seems to be impossible.
>
> Sorry, my fault, the full version of journal template I currently use
> ends up creating entries like:
>
> *** 2011-04-06 Wednesday
>
> Try and clarify journal/note taking use case for Carsten
> [2011-04-06 Wed 10:03]
>
> Apologise for confusing Carsten as I don't actually use headline
> entries in the journal, plain only
> [2011-04-06 Wed 10:05]
>
>> Wouldn't a better strategy be to have the "plain" section be started with a
>> time,
>
> Well, as you see above I actually do like to have the time of the entry,
> but the only way I thought I could do that was using the %U keyword in
> the template (which is clumsy as it then duplicates the date/day).
>
>>
>> (the %<%H:%M> requires the current git release...)
>
> ... which, coincidently, seems to have appeared this morning :-)
>
> That means I can use something like:
>
> (setq org-capture-templates
> '(("e" "Journal entry" entry (file+datetree "/tmp/journal.org")
> "* %<%H:%M>\n %?")
> ("l" "Journal late entry" entry (file+datetree "/tmp/journal.org")
> "* Retrospectively added %<%Y-%m-%d %H:%M>\n %?")))
>
> Used from an agenda action the retrospective date headline/notes are
> created and filed in the right place, giving something like:
>
> * 2011
> ** 2011-04 April
> *** 2011-04-05 Tuesday
> **** Retrospectively added 2011-04-06 11:35
> Checked with Bastien about committing doc string changes
> *** 2011-04-06 Wednesday
> **** 11:33
> Updated Org to latest version in order to get new capture keyword
> expansion capability
> **** 11:36
> Problem solved. Brilliant, that works. Carsten never ceases to
> amaze...
>
> Thank you.
You're welcome.
- Carsten