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[Patch] Document org-capture-templates entry type default strings
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No Wayman |
Subject: |
[Patch] Document org-capture-templates entry type default strings |
Date: |
Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:46:29 -0400 |
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mu4e 1.3.9; emacs 28.0.50 |
I've included the default entry type strings for each entry type
in org-capture-tempalte's
docstring. Made a couple clarifying edits as well. IMO this is
better than having the user hunt for the defaults in the source or
experimenting by creating each type of template:
diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
index d292defd6..ac4d633cb 100644
--- a/lisp/org-capture.el
+++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
@@ -159,14 +159,20 @@ description A short string describing the
template, will be shown during
type The type of entry. Valid types are:
entry an Org node, with a headline. Will be
filed
as the child of the target entry or as
a
- top-level entry.
+ top-level entry. Its default template
is:
+ \"* %?\n %a\"
item a plain list item, will be placed in
the
- first plain list at the target
- location.
+ first plain list at the target
location.
+ Its default template is:
+ \"- %?\"
checkitem a checkbox item. This differs from
the
plain list item only in so far as it
uses a
- different default template.
+ different default template. Its
default
+ template is:
+ \"- [ ] %?\"
table-line a new line in the first table at
target location.
+ Its default template is:
+ \"| %? |\"
plain text to be inserted as it is.
target Specification of where the captured item should be
placed.
@@ -214,9 +220,10 @@ target Specification of where the
captured item should be placed.
Most general way: write your own function which
both visits
the file and moves point to the right location
-template The template for creating the capture item. If you
leave this
- empty, an appropriate default template will be used.
See below
- for more details. Instead of a string, this may
also be one of
+template The template for creating the capture item.
+ If it is an empty string or nil, a default template
based on
+ the entry type will be used (see the \"type\"
section above).
+ Instead of a string, this may also be one of:
(file \"/path/to/template-file\")
(function function-returning-the-template)
===File
/mnt/data/programming/repos/org-mode/0001-Document-entry-type-default-template-strings.patch===
From 1b91f8ad184d191e1ee09e79e150d7f51c0c3b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
From: Nicholas Vollmer <address@hidden>
Subject: [PATCH] Document entry type default template strings
---
lisp/org-capture.el | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
index d292defd6..ac4d633cb 100644
--- a/lisp/org-capture.el
+++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
@@ -159,14 +159,20 @@ description A short string describing the
template, will be shown during
type The type of entry. Valid types are:
entry an Org node, with a headline. Will be
filed
as the child of the target entry or as
a
- top-level entry.
+ top-level entry. Its default template
is:
+ \"* %?\n %a\"
item a plain list item, will be placed in
the
- first plain list at the target
- location.
+ first plain list at the target
location.
+ Its default template is:
+ \"- %?\"
checkitem a checkbox item. This differs from
the
plain list item only in so far as it
uses a
- different default template.
+ different default template. Its
default
+ template is:
+ \"- [ ] %?\"
table-line a new line in the first table at
target location.
+ Its default template is:
+ \"| %? |\"
plain text to be inserted as it is.
target Specification of where the captured item should be
placed.
@@ -214,9 +220,10 @@ target Specification of where the
captured item should be placed.
Most general way: write your own function which
both visits
the file and moves point to the right location
-template The template for creating the capture item. If you
leave this
- empty, an appropriate default template will be used.
See below
- for more details. Instead of a string, this may
also be one of
+template The template for creating the capture item.
+ If it is an empty string or nil, a default template
based on
+ the entry type will be used (see the \"type\"
section above).
+ Instead of a string, this may also be one of:
(file \"/path/to/template-file\")
(function function-returning-the-template)
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2.26.0
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