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 creates a new tree every time I capture an entry as follows * 09 ** 05 *** 2012 - Wednesday **** [2012-09-05 Wed 22:31] My first working month tree note * 09 ** 05 *** 2012 - Wednesday **** [2012-09-05 Wed 22:31] My second month tree note #1. Is there any way to consolidate this like the following? * 09 ** 05 *** 2012 - Wednesday **** [2012-09-05 Wed 22:31] My first working month tree note **** [2012-09-05 Wed 22:3*5*] My first working month tree note #2 The time always is reported as 22:31 (I guess that's the time I launched emacs). Is there a way for the time stamp to be corrected based on the current time? I generally leave emacs running for days together, so the time it's launched doesn't really work for me. Once again, thanks a lot for your help! -c. b. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:08 PM, John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> > wrote: > > John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> 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 slightly different format described > as > >> > below > >> > > >> > Currently format is > >> > > >> > * 2012 > >> > ** 2012-08 > >> > *** 2012-08-26 Sunday > >> > **** [2012-08-26 Sun 13:00] My note for this Sunday afternoon > >> > > >> > Needed format is > >> > > >> > * 08 > >> > ** 26 > >> > *** 2012 Sunday > >> > **** [2012-08-26 Sun 13:00] My note for this Sunday afternoon > >> > > >> > Basically, I need to have the "root" of the date tree on the month, > followed > >> > by date and then Year, so that for a particular date, I can see all > yearly > >> > activity. > >> > > >> > Is there currently a way to alter this? > >> > > >> > If not, how would I go about adding a file+monthtree format for > org-capture? > >> > > >> > Any suggestions would be appreciated > >> > >> I was looking for something similar and someone provided a custom > >> capture template that allowed for using inactive timestamps vs. the > >> default datetree format. > >> > >> See the example provided here: > >> - http://osdir.com/ml/emacs-orgmode-gnu/2012-08/msg00396.html > >> > >> I fiddled with this a bit, not really being familiar and learned a > >> good bit in the process to achieve your desired format. Give this a > >> try: > >> > >> #+begin_src .emacs > >> (setq org-capture-templates > >> `(("t" "test" entry > >> (file+headline "~/file.org" > >> ,(format "%s" > >> (format-time-string "%m"))) > >> ,(format "** %s \n*** %s-%s \n**** [%s-%s-%s %s %s:%s] " > >> (format-time-string "%d") > >> (format-time-string "%Y") > >> (format-time-string "%A") > >> (format-time-string "%Y") > >> (format-time-string "%m") > >> (format-time-string "%d") > >> (format-time-string "%a") > >> (format-time-string "%H") > >> (format-time-string "%M")) > >> ))) > >> #+end_src > >> > >> One thing I couldn't figure out was how to insert a %? after that > >> second long format option. If I just put in %?, loading .emacs caused > >> the error "Not enough arguments to format" or something like that. I'm > >> sure there's some secret elisp escape syntax I just don't know. I > >> tried various combinations of \ and '("") with no success. > >> > > > > Try > > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > ,(format "** %s \n*** %s-%s \n**** [%s-%s-%s %s %s:%s] %%?" > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > > You basically need to escape the % from being interpreted by format. > > C-h f format RET says > > > > ,---- > > | ... > > | Use %% to put a single % into the output. > > | ... > > `---- > > Perfect -- thanks! > John > > > > > Nick > > > >> That'd put the finishing touch on things so your cursor was where you > wanted it. > >> > >> Also, for those seeing this... is this how you would accomplish c.b's > >> goal? I just used the sample provided to me in the earlier mailing > >> list email to see if I was up for the challenge, but I have no basis > >> for knowing whether it's a good solution. > >> > >> > >> Hope that helps! > >> John > >> > >> > > >> > Kindly copy me on the response as I am not subscribed to this mailing > list. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > c.b. > >> >
