Sincere thanks for your reply . I got it to work on my Debian machine as
follows.
Ref: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/33650
1) I appended these lines to my ~/.emacs file
(defadvice org-capture-finalize (after delete-capture-frame activate)
"Advise capture-finalize to close the frame if it is the capture
frame"
(if (equal "capture" (frame-parameter nil 'name))
(delete-frame)))
(defadvice org-capture-destroy (after delete-capture-frame activate)
"Advise capture-destroy to close the frame if it is the capture frame"
(if (equal "capture" (frame-parameter nil 'name))
(delete-frame)))
(defun make-capture-frame ()
"Create a new frame and run org-capture."
(interactive)
(make-frame '((name . "capture")))
(select-frame-by-name "capture")
(delete-other-windows)
(org-capture)
)
2) On the debian machine -
System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Add ->
Command : /usr/bin/emacsclient -n -e '(make-capture-frame)'
Shortcut : Ctrl+Alt+C (or any of your favorite key combination)
That's it! Works like a charm for me and now I can capture anything that
flashes across my mind in a fraction of seconds, not disturbing my
original work flow on the PC.
regards,
Jackin
On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 17:00 -0500, Matt Lundin wrote:
> Jackin writes:
>
> > I am wondering if it is possible to start a org-capture window
> > (when not within emacs) using a shortcut key. Org-protocol allows this
> > to be done from a web browser or adobe reader which is very useful. But
> > I am thinking of a more general solution, for triggering a org-capture
> > window from any where in Linux -> type in something and -> C-c c-c.
> >
> > Any ideas or solutions? Thanks in advance.
>
> The answer will likely depend on which desktop or window manager you
> use. I have the following in my openbox rc.xml:
>
>
>
> emacsclient -c -e "(org-capture)"
>
>
>
> Gnome and KDE will likely have a GUI for adding custom keyboard
> shortcuts.
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
