Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-09-06 Thread Jonathan Leech-Pepin
Hello, On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:33 AM, John Hendy wrote: > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:42 AM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi John and Nick, >> [snip] >> >> * 09 >> ** 05 >> *** 2012 - Wednesday >> [2012-09-05 Wed 22:31] My first working month tree note >> [2012-09-05 Wed 22:35]

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-09-06 Thread John Hendy
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:42 AM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John and Nick, > > Thank a lot for your suggestions. I finally got it working. It took a while > to figure out that the back-tick is different from the quote. > I am an elisp newbie. Is there an easy explanation of why we need a

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-09-06 Thread Ian Barton
On 29/08/12 21:01, Ian Barton wrote: On 29/08/12 15:25, John Hendy wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Ian Barton wrote: On 28/08/12 13:50, Nick Dokos wrote: Ian Barton wrote: I would like to use something like this. However, using a recent git checkout of org mode and the following s

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-09-05 Thread Jambunathan K
c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> writes: > It took a while to figure out that the back-tick is different from the > quote. Two useful links in this respect. http://www.lisperati.com/syntax.html http://www.lisperati.com/looking.html Just focus on the diagrams in the link - particularly the flip-

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-09-05 Thread Nick Dokos
c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank a lot for your suggestions. I finally got it working. It took a while > to figure out that the back-tick is different from the quote. > I am an elisp newbie. Is there an easy explanation of why we need a > back-tick vs. quote? > quote says: take the next e

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-09-05 Thread c b
Hi John and Nick, Thank a lot for your suggestions. I finally got it working. It took a while to figure out that the back-tick is different from the quote. I am an elisp newbie. Is there an easy explanation of why we need a back-tick vs. quote? Also, I found that while the template works, it crea

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-29 Thread Ian Barton
On 29/08/12 15:25, John Hendy wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Ian Barton wrote: On 28/08/12 13:50, Nick Dokos wrote: Ian Barton wrote: I would like to use something like this. However, using a recent git checkout of org mode and the following simple template from the original list

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-29 Thread John Hendy
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Ian Barton wrote: > On 28/08/12 13:50, Nick Dokos wrote: >> >> Ian Barton wrote: >> >>> I would like to use something like this. However, using a recent git >>> checkout of org mode and the following simple template from the >>> original list message: >>> >>> ("u"

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-29 Thread Nick Dokos
Ian Barton wrote: > Thanks Nick. Hwever with the following minimal template, from the OP, > I still get the error: > > ;; org-capture settings. > (setq org-capture-templates > `(("t" "test" entry > (file+headline "~/file.org" > ,(format "%s" > (format-time-string "%m"))) > ,(format "** %s \n***

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-29 Thread Ian Barton
On 28/08/12 13:50, Nick Dokos wrote: Ian Barton wrote: I would like to use something like this. However, using a recent git checkout of org mode and the following simple template from the original list message: ("u" "Test" entry (file+headline "~/test.org"

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-28 Thread Nick Dokos
Ian Barton wrote: > I would like to use something like this. However, using a recent git > checkout of org mode and the following simple template from the > original list message: > > ("u" > "Test" > entry > (file+headline "~/test.org" > ,(forma

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-28 Thread Nick Dokos

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-28 Thread Ian Barton
On 27/08/12 07:08, John Hendy wrote: On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: John Hendy wrote: On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:11 PM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, I have been using org-mode for about 18 months now and love it. I recently came across the org-capture file+datetr

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-26 Thread John Hendy
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > John Hendy wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:11 PM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have been using org-mode for about 18 months now and love it. I recently >> > came across the org-capture file+datetree format and it

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-26 Thread Nick Dokos
John Hendy wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:11 PM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been using org-mode for about 18 months now and love it. I recently > > came across the org-capture file+datetree format and it is just what I am > > looking for, except that I need a sligh

Re: [O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-26 Thread John Hendy
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:11 PM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using org-mode for about 18 months now and love it. I recently > came across the org-capture file+datetree format and it is just what I am > looking for, except that I need a slightly different format described a

[O] Alternate format for datetree

2012-08-26 Thread c b
Hi, I have been using org-mode for about 18 months now and love it. I recently came across the org-capture file+datetree format and it is just what I am looking for, except that I need a slightly different format described as below Currently format is * 2012 ** 2012-08 *** 2012-08-26 Sunday