i do not use emacs daemon or systemd. have not tried running emacs from cron i think.
i launch emacs from xinit or fluxbox menu. sometimes from a shell. i run emacs as a cli batch thing from a shell. [and i run emacs on linux console when nec. it is inaccessible for reasons like blinking cursor.] On 10/26/22, Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26/10/2022 11:58, Ihor Radchenko wrote: >> >> Yes. From org-capture-templates docstring: >> >> %x Content of the X clipboard. > > Ihor, I am afraid there are a couple of pitfalls with "%x" for Samuel > since he prefers to keep Emacs hidden so can not check result. > > 1. If something goes wrong, e.g. some application does not put > highlighted text to PRIMARY selection then wrong source (CLIPBOARD) or > empty string may be silently captured. I would prefer explicit source > however it will not protect against stale selection from the same source. > > Simulate empty selection: > echo | xsel -bi ; echo | xsel -i ; killall xsel > > 2. Jean pointed out that Emacs ignores X selection if it does not have > an X frame. It was almost buried in the haystack of "SQL instead of Org" > noise. It happens if Emacs is running as a daemon. I am unsure which way > Samuel starts Emacs (xinit, systemd user session, systemd socket > activation, manually, etc.) > > What I do not like that error text is captured and no error is returned > to emacsclient, so checks must be performed in advance. > > My suggestion: > ~/examples/org/capture-daemon.el > ---- >8 ---- > (defun nm-check-selection (selection) > (let ((display (org-string-nw-p (getenv "DISPLAY")))) > (if display > (server-select-display display) > (error "No DISPLAY"))) > (if (org-get-x-clipboard selection) > t > (error "No %S selection" selection))) > > (custom-set-variables > '(org-capture-templates > '(("x" "%x (test)" entry > (file "/tmp/capture-test.org") > "* Entry > %U > > %x > " > :immediate-finish t) > ("p" "primary" entry > (file "/tmp/capture-test.org") > "* Primary > %U > > %(org-get-x-clipboard 'PRIMARY) > " > :immediate-finish t)))) > > (require 'org-capture) > ---- 8< ---- > > emacs -Q -L ~/src/org-mode/lisp/ \ > -L /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/htmlize-1.55/ \ > --daemon --load ~/examples/org/capture-daemon.el > > emacsclient --eval "(nm-check-selection 'PRIMARY)" \ > --eval '(org-capture nil "p")' > > the latter command has non-zero exit code in the case of empty selection. > > > > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com