Paul <emacs-orgm...@lookmumnohands.net> writes: > # olaf+list.orgm...@olafdietsche.de, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:44:07 +1000: >> paul...@telstra.com writes: >> >> > I found myself manually "cleaning" most CAPTURE buffers of whitespace >> > prior to committing them with C-c C-c. The attached patch adds a new >> > property :whitespace-cleanup to the org-capture-templates. >> >> Thanks for pointing to whitespace-cleanup, I've done this manually >> cleaning as well. > > My pleasure. I just had it pointed out to me a couple of days ago! > >> You could use org-capture-before-finalize-hook for this: >> >> (add-hook 'org-capture-before-finalize-hook 'whitespace-cleanup) > > In fact adding whitespace-cleanup to org-capture-before-finalize-hook > was what I tried first, but it didn't do what I wanted. This hook is > called _after_ the buffer is widened - making whitespace-cleanup > operate on the _entire_ buffer, not just the newly added capture. > > I believe the patch is still required - I should have explained > org-capture-before-finalize-hook's behaviour more explicitly in my > original submission. > > Further to this, can anybody suggest a better documentation string for > org-capture-before-finalize-hook? (Preferably in tandem with my > proposed patch.) Currently it is: > > Hook that is run right before a capture process is finalized. > The capture buffer is still current when this hook runs. > > I feel the "finalized" part is somewhat ambiguous. What it means is > "after the capture buffer is widened, and before it is saved". I > expected it to mean "BEFORE the capture buffer is widened". > > Maybe: > Hook that is run after the capture buffer is widened and prior to > being finalized. The capture buffer is still current when this > hook runs.
Thanks again for this explanation. I haven't noticed this. For me this isn't bad though, since I capture everything into an inbox.org. Regards, Olaf
