James TD Smith <ahktenz...@mohorovi.cc> writes:
Hi James,
>> What I'd like to have is something like the existing
>>
>> %^{prop}p Prompt the user for a value for property `prop'
>>
>> but more like
>>
>> %{prop,escape}p Insert property `prop' with value taken from escape,
>> if that is non-nil
>>
>> With this
>>
>> "%{created,U} %{link,a}"
>>
>> in a template would always create a :created: property with an inactive
>> timestamp, and :link: would only be inserted, if there is an annotation
>> for that remember invocation.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> I've actually got something like this working, as part of a whole load
> of improvements to remember which I've been working on for ages. If
> you want to take a look it's in the remember-lite branch at
> git://yog-sothoth.mohorovi.cc/org-mode.
Thanks, I'll have a look.
> The first major change is that remember templates are now plists.
> Old-style templates are automatically converted to the new format, but
> if you want to access any of the new features you will need to use the
> new template format, and add your templates to
> org-remember-templates-2.
>
> Properties are now set by adding a :properties property to the
> list. This should be followed by a list containing either:
> - A string. Query the user for the property value.
> - A cons cell. The head should be a string (the property name) and the tail
> can
> be either:
> - Another string: add the property with that string as its value
> - A variable: add the property with the value of the variable
> - A function: call the function to get the property value.
>
> There is also a variable `org-remember-default-properties', for
> properties you want added to all remembered items.
>
> Mine is set like this
>
> (setq org-remember-default-properties
> '(("CREATED" .
> (lambda () (format-time-string (org-time-stamp-format t t)
> org-remember-current-time)))
> ("CONTEXT" .
> (lambda () (if (and (marker-buffer org-clock-marker)
> (not (eq (marker-buffer org-clock-marker)
> (current-buffer))))
> (org-substring-no-properties org-clock-heading)
> "Idle")))))
>
> which adds two properties to every item I remember, one containing the
> current time as an inactive timestamp and the other containing the
> name of the currently clocked task or 'Idle' if I'm not clocked into
> anything.
What if the function or variable evals to nil? I'd expect that then the
property is not inserted at all.
> Here's an example template with properties:
>
> (:key ?r :type headline :name "Book"
> :target "~/Personal/ReadingList.org::Books"
> :properties ("AUTHOR" "ISBN") :tag t :tagscope file
> :template "* MEDIA %^{Title} %?")
Looks pretty self-explanatory and logical to me.
> When I remember something using this template, the CREATED and CONTEXT
> properties are added automatically, and I get asked for the values for
> AUTHOR and ISBN.
Nice.
> Anyway, there are lots of other changes, and probably a few bugs, and
> there isn't much in the way of documentation yet :). Let me know how
> you get on.
This looks all very nice. Do you plan to merge your enhancements back
into Carsten's branch anytime soon?
Bye,
Tassilo
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