Thx ian
this is very useful!
i wonder if any of the elisp gurus would know a workaround the fact that
the point needs to be on the starting asterix? it would be cool to just not
worry where the point is in the current header and have the capture add
another same level header below
best
Z
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Ian McB <yanm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Xebar Saram <zeltakc <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > Hi all
> > any one knows how to launch a capture (thats pre defined) but auto refile
> that capture to the/beneath the current header at point?
> >
> > thx
> >
> > Z
> >
>
>
> A while back I stumbled onto this thread looking for the same problem. Like
> Phil Hudson suggested I created a capture template using a custom function.
> I'll share my solution below.
>
> one of the capture templates using the function:
> ("ss" "Future subtask" entry
> (function my-org-move-point-to-capture)
> "* TODO %?
> :PROPERTIES:
> :Created: %U
> :END:")
>
> the necessary function
> (defun my-org-move-point-to-capture ()
> (cond ((org-at-heading-p) (org-beginning-of-line))
> (t (org-previous-visible-heading 1))))
>
> So pretty simple all in all. Keep in mind I'm pretty new to Elisp, Emacs
> and
> org-mode. One gotcha in writing the function which I didn't find easily
> documented was that (point) needs to end up over the asterisk starting a
> headline to result in the capture being a subheading of that headline. The
> behaviour to end up at that asterisk is different depending on whether
> point
> is in the body of the heading or on the headline itself at the time of
> capturing.
>
> Hope this is useful. I've been wanting to subscribe to this list for a
> while
> now, to ask about some bugs and strange behaviours.
>
>
>
