Overhaul of the org capture section, way more readable

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Lucien Cartier-Tilet 2020-07-16 13:20:54 +02:00
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- [[#computers-and-stuff][Computers and stuff]]
- [[#health][Health]]
- [[#birthdays][Birthdays]]
- [[#events][Events]]
- [[#youtube][YouTube]]
- [[#org-projects][Org projects]]
- [[#configuration-website][Configuration website]]
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:CUSTOM_ID: User_Configuration-Org-mode-Org_capture-f58979cf
:END:
Org-capture is an amazing feature of Org-mode which allows me to quickly
save links, resources, reminders and notes in a neatly organized org file.
With Spacemacs, an Org capture can be invoked with the shortcut ~SPC a o c~.
It will then ask which template I wish to use. Said templates are described
below:
save links, resources, reminders, and notes in neatly organized org files.
Here they are described:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq
org-default-notes-file "~/org/notes.org"
org-wordbuilding-file "~/org/worldbuilding.org"
org-conlanging-file "~/org/conlanging.org"
org-journal-file "~/org/journal.org"
org-private-agenda-file "~/org/agenda/private.org"
org-school-agenda-file "~/org/agenda/school.org")
#+END_SRC
With Spacemacs, an Org capture can be invoked with the shortcut ~SPC a o c~.
It will then ask which template I wish to use. In the table below are
described the shortcuts that are available after ~SPC a o c~ is invoked. The
/name/ will be the one displayed in Org captures interface, the /title/ is
the headline where to save the capture (if it does not differ from the
captures name, the cell will be blank). The /insertion mode/ tells Emacs
how to add the capture to the /file/, using which /template/. A line with no
insertion mode, file, or template is just a category.
#+NAME: org-capture-shortcuts-table
| Shortcut | Name | Title | Insertion mode | file | template |
|----------+---------------+--------+----------------+-------------------------+--------------------------|
| c | Conlanging | | | | |
| cn | Note | | file+headline | org-conlanging-file | notes.orgcaptmpl |
| cr | Resource | | file+headline | org-conlanging-file | resource.orgcaptmpl |
| e | Email | | | | |
| ew | Write Email | Emails | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | emails.orgcaptmpl |
| j | Journal | | file+datetree | org-journal-file | journal.orgcaptmpl |
| l | Link | | | | |
| ly | YouTube | | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | youtube.orgcaptmpl |
| L | Protocol Link | Link | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | protocol-link.orgcaptmpl |
| n | Notes | | | | |
| nn | Note | | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | notes.orgcaptmpl |
| nq | Quote | | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | notes-quote.orgcaptmpl |
| p | Protocol | Link | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | protocol.orgcaptmpl |
| r | Resources | | | | |
| re | Emacs | | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | resource.orgcaptmpl |
| ri | Informatique | | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | resource.orgcaptmpl |
| rl | Linguistics | | file+headline | org-default-notes-file | resource.orgcaptmpl |
| t | Tasks | | | | |
| tb | Birthday | | file+headline | org-private-agenda-file | birthday.orgcaptmpl |
| te | Event | | file+headline | org-private-agenda-file | event.orgcaptmpl |
| th | Health | | file+headline | org-private-agenda-file | health.orgcaptmpl |
| ti | Informatique | | file+headline | org-private-agenda-file | informatique.orgcaptmpl |
| w | Worldbuilding | | | | |
| wn | Note | | file+headline | org-worldbuilding-file | notes.orgcaptmpl |
| wr | Resource | | file+headline | org-worldbuilding-file | resource.orgcaptmpl |
The following code snipped is not tangled into my configuration file, but
instead creates the equivalent to the table above into EmacsLisp code found
in the next code snippet.
#+NAME: org-capture-shortcut-gen
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no :noweb yes :var table=org-capture-shortcuts-table :exports code :cache yes :results replace
(mapconcat (lambda (entry)
(let ((shortcut (nth 0 entry))
(name (nth 1 entry))
(title (nth 2 entry))
(insertmode (nth 3 entry))
(fileinsert (nth 4 entry))
(sourceorg (nth 5 entry)))
(if (string= "" insertmode)
(format "(\"%s\" \"%s\")" shortcut name)
(concat (format "(\"%s\" \"%s\" entry\n" shortcut name)
(format " (%s %s%s)\n" insertmode fileinsert
(if (string= "file+datetree" insertmode) ""
(format " \"%s\"" (if (string= "" title) name title))))
(format " (file \"~/org/capture/%s\"))" sourceorg)))) )
table "\n")
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS[2fcaa1f6411ca2238adb5f9bbe32d21e628f6798]: org-capture-shortcut-gen
#+begin_example
("c" "Conlanging")
("cn" "Note" entry
(file+headline org-conlanging-file "Note")
(file "~/org/capture/notes.orgcaptmpl"))
("cr" "Resource" entry
(file+headline org-conlanging-file "Resource")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("e" "Email")
("ew" "Write Email" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Emails")
(file "~/org/capture/emails.orgcaptmpl"))
("j" "Journal" entry
(file+datetree org-journal-file)
(file "~/org/capture/journal.orgcaptmpl"))
("l" "Link")
("ly" "YouTube" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "YouTube")
(file "~/org/capture/youtube.orgcaptmpl"))
("L" "Protocol Link" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Link")
(file "~/org/capture/protocol-link.orgcaptmpl"))
("n" "Notes")
("nn" "Note" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Note")
(file "~/org/capture/notes.orgcaptmpl"))
("nq" "Quote" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Quote")
(file "~/org/capture/notes-quote.orgcaptmpl"))
("p" "Protocol" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Link")
(file "~/org/capture/protocol.orgcaptmpl"))
("r" "Resources")
("re" "Emacs" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Emacs")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("ri" "Informatique Général" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Informatique")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("rl" "Linguistics" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Linguistics")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("t" "Tasks")
("tb" "Birthday" entry
(file+headline org-private-agenda-file "Birthday")
(file "~/org/capture/birthday.orgcaptmpl"))
("te" "Event" entry
(file+headline org-private-agenda-file "Event")
(file "~/org/capture/event.orgcaptmpl"))
("th" "Health" entry
(file+headline org-private-agenda-file "Health")
(file "~/org/capture/health.orgcaptmpl"))
("ti" "Informatique" entry
(file+headline org-private-agenda-file "Informatique")
(file "~/org/capture/informatique.orgcaptmpl"))
("w" "Worldbuilding")
("wn" "Note" entry
(file+headline org-worldbuilding-file "Note")
(file "~/org/capture/notes.orgcaptmpl"))
("wr" "Resource" entry
(file+headline org-worldbuilding-file "Resource")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
#+end_example
Below you can find the equivalent code as described above.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
(setq
org-capture-templates
'(("e" "Emails")
("ew" "Write Email" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Emails")
(file "~/org/capture/emails.orgcaptmpl"))
("j" "Journal" entry
(file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
(file "~/org/capture/journal.orgcaptmpl"))
("l" "Links")
("ly" "YouTube" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "YouTube")
(file "~/org/capture/youtube.orgcaptmpl"))
("L" "Protocol Link" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Link")
(file "~/org/capture/protocol-link.orgcaptmpl"))
("n" "Note")
("nq" "Quote"
entry (file+headline org-default-notes-file "Note")
(file "~/org/capture/notes-quote.orgcaptmpl"))
("nn" "Note"
entry (file+headline org-default-notes-file "Note")
(file "~/org/capture/notes.orgcaptmpl"))
("p" "Protocol" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Link")
(file "~/org/capture/protocol.orgcaptmpl"))
("r" "Resources")
("rc" "Conlanging" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Conlanging")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("re" "Emacs" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Emacs")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("ri" "Informatique général" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Informatique")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("rl" "Linguistics" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Linguistics")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("rw" "Worldbuilding" entry
(file+headline org-default-notes-file "Worldbuilding")
(file "~/org/capture/resource.orgcaptmpl"))
("t" "Tasks")
("ti" "Informatique" entry
(file+headline "~/org/agenda/private.org" "Informatique")
(file "~/org/capture/informatique.orgcaptmpl"))
("th" "Health" entry
(file+headline "~/org/agenda/private.org" "Health")
(file "~/org/capture/health.orgcaptmpl"))
("tb" "Birthday" entry
(file+headline "~/org/agenda/private.org" "Birthdays")
(file "~/org/capture/birthday.orgcaptmpl"))
("te" "Birthday event" entry
(file+headline "~/org/agenda/private.org" "Burthdays")
(file "~/org/capture/birthday-event.orgcaptmpl"))))
'(
<<org-capture-shortcut-gen()>>
))
#+END_SRC
You may notice a capture entry for my journal, and this is due to the fact I
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actual Org buffers instead of trying to get a proper one with loads of ~\n~
characters and such. All these templates are declared below.
In the next sub-sections will be described my org capture templates. These
are not tangled into my Emacs configuration files, but into separate
~.orgcaptmpl~ files stored into =~/org/capture/=.
**** Emails
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: User_Configuration-Org-mode-Org_capture-Emails-d87336fe
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SCHEDULED: %^t
#+END_SRC
Sometimes I will have a special event for one birthday, and I need to
store it in the same header as birthdays in general, they dont need
to be repeated but they might need some more information.
#+BEGIN_SRC org :tangle ~/org/capture/birthday-event.orgcaptmpl
***** Events
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: User_Configuration-Org-mode-Org_capture-Tasks-Events-7f0f8dee
:END:
#+BEGIN_SRC org :tangle ~/org/capture/event.orgcaptmpl
,* %^{Title}
%^{Scheduled or deadline?||SCHEDULED||DEADLINE}: %^t
:PROPERTIES:
:WHOM: %^{Whoms birthday?}
:END:
%?
#+END_SRC