Hi Benjamin,
Benjamin Slade <sl...@jnanam.net> writes:
> I had the following snippets in my .emacs which allowed me to call up a
> mini-emacsclient frame to quickly add notes and TODOs etc. It doesn't
> seem to work anymore (it comes up, but as soon as I choose [t], [n]
> etc. it disappears). Is there an updated recommendation on how to do
> this?
>
> ###################################
> (defcustom remember-frame-alist nil
> "Additional frame parameters for dedicated remember frame."
> :type 'alist
> :group 'remember)
>
> (defadvice remember (around remember-frame-parameters activate)
> "Set some frame parameters for the remember frame."
> (let ((default-frame-alist (append remember-frame-alist default-frame-alist)))
> ad-do-it))
>
> ;;;
>
> (defun make-remember-frame ()
> "turn the current frame into a small popup frame for remember mode;
> this is meant to be called with
> emacsclient -c -e '(make-remember-frame)'"
> (modify-frame-parameters nil
> '( (name . "*Remember*") ;; must be same as in
> mode-hook below
> (width . 80)
> (height . 20)
> (vertical-scroll-bars . nil)
> (menu-bar-lines . nil)
> (tool-bar-lines . nil)))
> (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha '(85 50))
> (org-capture)
> (when (fboundp 'x-focus-frame) (x-focus-frame nil)) ;; X only....
> (delete-other-windows)
> )
>
> ;; when we're in such a remember-frame, close it when done. (doesn't work
> when cancelled...)
> (add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook
> (lambda()
> (define-key org-capture-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-c")
> '(lambda()(interactive)
> (let ((capture-frame-p
> (string= (frame-parameter nil 'name) "*Remember*")))
> (when capture-frame-p (make-frame-invisible)) ;; hide
> quickly
> (org-capture-finalize)
> (when capture-frame-p (delete-frame)))))))
>
>
> (setq org-capture-templates
> '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/Documents/Org/ToDo.org" "Captured
> Tasks")
> "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
> ("n" "Notes" entry (file+headline "~/Documents/Org/Notes.org"
> "Captured Notes")
> "* %?\nEntered on %U\n %i\n %a")
> ("m" "Meetings" entry (file "~/Documents/Org/Meetings.org" )
> "* %?\n %i\n %a")
> ("c" "Clipboard" entry (file+headline "~/Documents/Org/Notes.org"
> "Captured Notes")
> "* %x %?\nEntered on %U\n %i\n %a")))
Your code works for me (Emacs 25 with a current Org from the git
repo).
Just guessing: Do you have installed a further hook for deleting frames
in certain situations which might be the wrongdoer?
HTH, Marco
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