[SOLVED] Re: [QUESTION] Add advice on command org-add-note not working

[stardiviner]

Thanks Samuel, using `org-store-log-note’ indeed solved the problem. Great 
solution.


> On Aug 20, 2021, at 4:45 PM, Samuel Loury <konubinix@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "Christopher M. Miles" <numbchild@gmail.com> writes:
> 
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> 
>> I have following advice code:
>> 
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>> (defun my/org-add-note--auto-add-tag ()
>>  "Auto add tag 'LOG' when add note log."
>>  (org-back-to-heading)
>>  ;; DEBUG: the following code is not executed.
>>  (message "DEBUG")
>>  (require 'seq)
>>  (org-set-tags (seq-uniq (cons "LOG" (org-get-tags nil t)))))
>> 
>> (advice-add 'org-add-note :after #'my/org-add-note--auto-add-tag)
>> #+end_src
>> 
>> With Emacs Edebug, I found it only executed to ~(org-back-to-heading)~, then 
>> stopped. The following
>> "DEBUG" message is not printed and tag "LOG" is not added.
>> 
>> Does anybody have some clue for this issue?
> 
> `org-add-note` only sets up a side buffer to write the content of the
> note. The "go back to the heading to actually write the note" is done by
> `org-store-log-note`, invoked using C-c C-c on your note.
> 
> So it is normal that `org-back-to-heading` fails in the org-note buffer
> that indeed does not have a heading.
> 
> Hint: press p when in edebug session to find out in which buffer context
> the code will apply.
> 
> I just tried applying the advice to `org-store-log-note` instead of
> `org-add-note` and it worked fine :-).
> 
> My best,
> -- 
> Konubinix
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