Questions tagged [org-capture]
is for capturing notes in Org mode with minimal interruption.
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org-capture template error: Template is not a valid Org entry or tree
I am running org version: 9.1.9 and have issues setting up a template for org-capture. I have read over the documentation but cannot figure out why my template throws this error when I call it: org-...
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Org-capture - placing entry in user-specified subheading
I am trying to create a capture-template which will prompt the user to define a subheading so that it can place the capture as a level 3 heading under the appropriate level 2 heading within an org ...
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Capture org notes to a new file
I would like to improve my notes capture flow to do the following:
Use C-c c then n to create a note.
Get a minibuffer that searches for an existing file to add the note to (ie. probably with helm), ...
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where is default org mode capture template for tasks located
I was configuring some capture templates for org mode but when adding any new template to init file, the default TASK template disappeared.
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("t" "Todo" entry (...
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How to add font styles to org-capture templates?
I want to change the color and font style in my template.
I use custom-set-variable and cannot set, for example, italic style
(custom-set-variables
'(org-capture-templates
(backquote
(("d"
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after org-capture, how to go to the content that I saved?
I just wondering if there is a way to go to the content which saved by doing org-capture
I couldn't find any customizable variable so far :-/
Thanks in advance!
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How to install org-mac-link on MacOS?
I am trying to install org-mac-link on my Mac. I have downloaded the file org-mac-link.el to .emacs.d and also customized the org group by typing M-x customize-group RET org RET, then expand the ...
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Capture under heading
If we have org file with datetree and repeating actions, how can I capture under last heading of some level.
Let's say we have this:
* 2018
** 2018-W47
*** 2018-11-21 Wednesday
**** Gym Session
**...
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org-capture frame with no splits
I want to be able to launch a new emacsclient and issue org-capture in it. I have created this simple function:
(defun make-orgcapture-frame ()
"Create a new frame and run org-capture."
(...
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Is org-capture broken?
I use emacs-26.1 org-version 9.1.14.
My templates (list) is showing up but when I choose a template I get:
org-capture: Capture abort: (void-function org-eldoc-load)
I can't find org-eldoc.el in my ...
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How do I end an org capture template with whitespace?
I want to make an org capture template that ends in whitespace. Specifically, I want to make TODOs that are scheduled. From emacs -Q, I'm starting with this template:
(cl-pushnew '("T" "TODO ...
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Org capture into org table
Normally org-capture lets one insert a templated subtree somewhere into an existing Org file or tree node.
Is it possible to use org-capture to instead add a row to an existing Org-mode table?
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In org mode, how can I make a post-capture hook run only for certain capture templates?
I have several capture templates. With one of them, I want an Elisp function to transform the contents before saving it. I know of org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook, but this will run for every ...
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Org capture templates now take me to org file, not to previous buffer
All of a sudden (after changing computer but keeping same settings) my org capture templates take me to the org file where whatever is being captured will be stored, without the need for C-c C-c to ...
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Org-capture creates file after cancel
I use a custom function (originally from this post on StackExchange) to create files from org-capture (one file per entry). For some reason, if I cancel the entry with C-c C-k Emacs still creates the ...
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Apply template to files created from an org-mode link
If you click on a file: link to a document that does not exist, org-mode will create this file for you.
How can I get this behavior to work with a org-capture template, so that files created in this ...
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Generate a date tree from timestamps in org-mode
Since I was interested in doing my early capture-templates, I was tempted to go with this template below:
("j" "Reference type: Journal" entry (file+headline "~/Dropbox/orgfiles/gtd/ref.org" "...
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org-capture Template expansion leading whitespace: bug, feature, workaround
Emacs 26.1
org-mode: 9.1.9
I have an issue with the way org-capture expands a template when it comes to line beginnings:
This template
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("o" "Todo" entry (file+...
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How do you cancel an org capture for a datetree if date exists?
I have a monthly date tree and I'd prefer for the org capture shortcut to insert the template normally if that month isn't created yet, otherwise I'd like it to take me to that month.
I'm not sure if ...
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Capture template using table-line
I have started using org-capture in daily work, I want to use org-capture to add elements to a table.
can some one help here.
I want to have below behavior.
First add a row with org-capture using ...
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org-capture is not opening the capture buffer
When I try to capture a new task, org-capture doesn't open up in a capture buffer, rather it opens up the new task in the org-default-notes-file. This means I can't close/file the task using C-c C-c.
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Org capture template not working (when trying to set local notes file)
My goal is to get org-capture to store captured notes in a local "notes.org" file located in the same directory as the current working buffer.
I set the template like so:
(setq org-capture-templates
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Send org-capture tasks to different files, depending on which file org-capture is called from
I am beginning to use org-mode as an electronic lab notebook, which is working very well. I work on a number of different projects, each of which has its own directory. When I use org-capture, I want ...
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Calling shell-command from org-capture-templates to scrape verb conjugations
I want to use org-capture-templates to scrape french verb conjugations from the web and insert them into an org-file to use with org-drill.
I have a (functioning) scraper that gets the desired data ...
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Org capture template output to two files
I am currently using two separate Org files to manage my work Todos. One is a file that I edit directly and keep notes on each todo task (Work.org). The other is a schedule file which is synced with ...
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How to use org-protocol and org-capture in spacemacs?
I've been having some problems when using org inside spacemacs. I make use of org-protocol to capture stuff that I find interesting when I'am browsing and have it inside spacemacs. The problem is ...
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capture template for org-projectile?
Is there a way to define a capture template for org-projectile/capture (SPC a o p)? The default capture template creates a todo in root and I'd rather have it under Tasks (/Project Name/Tasks/<the ...
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Using user prompted file name for org-capture in template
With the help of these questions, I managed to prompt the user for a file name in org-capture and combine it with a timestamp.
(defun my/generate-org-note-name ()
(let ((name (read-string "Name: ")...
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How to specify org-capture template for a weekly journaling
This is what I used to have before:
("w" "Weekly" item (file+weektree (concat org-directory "Weekly.org")))
(where org-directory is ~/Notes) and it used to create a tree of this formatin ~/Notes/...
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Match data clobbered by buffer modification hooks
I want to setup a Journal entry template that prompts for a date/time, so that I can process current entries, as well as older ones.
This is what I have so far:
;;; Org-capture settings
(setq org-...
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Cannot use concat within org-capture template
I am trying to use concat from within an org-capture template. But I keep getting an "Invalid template" error, so something's not right. Here is my code:
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("j" "...
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Capture template like org-journal
I would like to setup an org-capture template for my journal entries that mimics org-journal.el. The difference is, I want my journal to live in one file.
Here is an excerpt from the github page to ...
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json-readtable-error during org-capture
This problem only arose today and I haven't really changed anything substantial in my init.el so I am sure what the source of the error is. Essentially, when running org-capture (and also during ...
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How do I pre-process capture buffer before saving to target?
There are times I am given a list of names of people that I need to schedule appointments for in our organization. The names are typically given first, and then details come later.
I would like to ...
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org-capture prompt for headline after content
I want to create a capture template for my org-based journal. But I do not want to worry about entering a title straight away.
How can I setup my capture template so that org-capture prompts me for ...
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Org-mode adding statistic cookie to date-tree lines in capture
In this video(timestamped to relevant section), I see this guy's org file in a date-tree with the [/] statistic cookie next to each YYYY-MM-DD headline.
https://youtu.be/-2RXhPV_zgc?t=12m51s
I'd ...
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Quickly switch to an existing task using an org-mode (similar to org-capture)
I use org-mode to keep track of time on tasks and also use org-capture to switch to new tasks that interrupt my current task. Is it possible to do something similar, to switch to an already existing ...
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Disable org-log-refile note on Capture
I have org-log-refile set to 'note which works great when moving tasks around. However, when I'm capturing, I'd like this behavior disabled.
I tried the following with org-capture-mode-hook, org-...
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Show a checklist when capturing a task
I have a checklist to do when adding new tasks for myself in org-mode. I would like to see it when capturing a task via org-capture, but I don't want it to be among the text I am adding because I ...
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Org-capture prompt input method
Can I make it so that an org-capture prompt "%^{greek}" automatically switches the minibuffer input method to Greek?
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Newlines swallowed by org-capture
I irregularly see that org-capture has led to the disappearance of a newline,
leaving me with lines like these
* meeting w/ ch.
<2017-12-01 Fri 11:00>* reading group
<2017-10-09 Mon 16:15 +...
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org-capture link description too long
I configured org-capture with below elisp in init.el:
(define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
(setq my-org-capture-file (concat org-directory "/capture.org"))
(setq my/line "%(with-current-...
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How to display only the pop-up capture frame
During (org-capture) invoked from any other app on OSX, Emacs displays the non-capture frame as well (behind the capture frame). Is there a way to get Emacs display the capture window only when (org-...
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org-mode: how to generate clock report for hours worked each day?
org-clock-report is awesome; however, it reports time spent on each task. Is there any custom command that you use to generate a clock report showing hours worked, across tasks, for each day?
The ...
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Dynamic Org-capture Templates
I've read the org-capture template documentation and searched for "Dynamic org-capture templates" but cannot seem to find out how to create the following:
C-c c
"a"
Activity: math (<-...
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Automatically add properties based on tag in Org outlines
I'd like to be able to configure org to add properties based on specific tags which are used to describe the outline item.
For instance, say we have a list item * user :person:student:. I'd like to ...
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How to get the value of :ID: property of a org-contacts-entry in an org-capture-template?
Problem
I want to get the value of a property of a org-contacts-db entry:
\* Example Contact :MYTAG:
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: foobar
:END:
With the function call (org-contacts-filter "Example ...
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In an org-capture template definition, how can I have dynamic insertion of content into the target element?
A complete org-capture template consists of six elements: keys, description, type, target, template, and properties. The manual explains how to use %-escapes to allow dynamic insertion of content into ...
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Scheduling/Refiling Trouble with org-gcal / org-agenda
I'm using org-gcal with org-agenda.
Because org-gcal seems to strip entries of any TODO markers, I would like to create entries in my org-gcal synced file by using refile to copy over entries from my ...
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org-capture pass argument to template
I would like to write a function that scrapes the current buffer for any comments with the word "TODO" and runs org-capture, saving a link to that TODO comment in a file. The end goal would be sort ...
