Could one not have it go into a temporary file and then have an exit hook attatched to a particular template that if a particular property had been filled in that it would create a new file with that name and either refile to or cut to and then paste from the kill ring?
Matthew obviously would require some modification/hacking On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:12 PM, David Maus <dm...@ictsoc.de> wrote: > At Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:43:06 -0400, > Buck Brody wrote: >> Is there a way to use capture to create new files? Can I fill out >> the name of the file, and add a date stamp, from within the capture >> template? > > Prompting in the templates happens after the template is placed in the > target buffer. So AFAIK there is no way to achive this without a > little bit hacking: You could specify a target function > > target Specification of where the captured item should be placed. > In Org-mode files, targets usually define a node. Entries will > become children of this node, other types will be added to the > table or list in the body of this node. > > Most target specifications contain a file name. If that file > name is the empty string, it defaults to `org-default-notes-file'. > A file can also be given as a variable, function, or Emacs Lisp > form. > > ... > > (function function-finding-location) > Most general way, write your own function to find both > file and location > > That could read the target file name with a prompt. > >> I also considered creating a new headline and then exporting the >> subtree. The problem is that I need to have the title of the new >> file automatically created based upon the headline, and I can't >> figure out how to do this. > > Same here. The function `org-heading-components' (C-h f > org-heading-components RET) will get you the title of the headline > which you would have to transform to a valid file name > (i.e. `replace-regexp-in-string'). > > Best, > -- David > -- > OpenPGP... 0x99ADB83B5A4478E6 > Jabber.... dmj...@jabber.org > Email..... dm...@ictsoc.de >
