Re: [O] org-capture/remember in Emacs 24.4.1?

[Marco Wahl]

Hi Benjamin,

Benjamin Slade <address@hidden> writes:

> I had the following snippets in my .emacs which allowed me to call up a
> mini-emacsclient frame to quickly add notes and TODOs etc.  It doesn't
> seem to work anymore (it comes up, but as soon as I choose [t], [n]
> etc. it disappears).  Is there an updated recommendation on how to do
> this?
>
> ###################################
> (defcustom remember-frame-alist nil
> "Additional frame parameters for dedicated remember frame."
> :type 'alist
> :group 'remember)
>
> (defadvice remember (around remember-frame-parameters activate)
> "Set some frame parameters for the remember frame."
> (let ((default-frame-alist (append remember-frame-alist default-frame-alist)))
> ad-do-it))
>
> ;;;
>
> (defun make-remember-frame ()
>   "turn the current frame into a small popup frame for remember mode;
>  this is meant to be called with 
>       emacsclient -c -e '(make-remember-frame)'"
>   (modify-frame-parameters nil
>                          '( (name . "*Remember*") ;; must be same as in 
> mode-hook below  
>                             (width .  80)
>                             (height . 20)
>                             (vertical-scroll-bars . nil)
>                             (menu-bar-lines . nil)
>                             (tool-bar-lines . nil)))
>   (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha '(85 50))
>   (org-capture)
>   (when (fboundp 'x-focus-frame) (x-focus-frame nil)) ;; X only....
>   (delete-other-windows)
>   ) 
>
> ;; when we're in such a remember-frame, close it when done. (doesn't work 
> when cancelled...)
> (add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook
>         (lambda()
>           (define-key org-capture-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-c")
>             '(lambda()(interactive)
>                (let ((capture-frame-p 
>                       (string= (frame-parameter nil 'name) "*Remember*")))
>                  (when capture-frame-p (make-frame-invisible))  ;; hide 
> quickly
>                  (org-capture-finalize)
>                  (when capture-frame-p (delete-frame)))))))
>
>
> (setq org-capture-templates
>       '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/Documents/Org/ToDo.org" "Captured 
> Tasks")
>        "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a")
>         ("n" "Notes" entry (file+headline "~/Documents/Org/Notes.org" 
> "Captured Notes")
>        "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")
>       ("m" "Meetings" entry (file "~/Documents/Org/Meetings.org" )
>        "* %?\n %i\n  %a")
>       ("c" "Clipboard" entry (file+headline "~/Documents/Org/Notes.org" 
> "Captured Notes")
>        "* %x %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")))

Your code works for me (Emacs 25 with a current Org from the git
repo).

Just guessing: Do you have installed a further hook for deleting frames
in certain situations which might be the wrongdoer?


HTH,  Marco
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