Hi,
I'm trying to simplify entering information, and am looking into yasnippets
and Org capture templates. I would like to combine the two, but don't think
that I can use beancount-insert-account from within a snippet buffer,
because that is not the beancount buffer. Currently, I have a capture
template that places the cursor in a weekdatetree ready to expand a
yasnippet like this:
Or capture template:
("f" "Finace" plain (file+weektree "~/Documents/Org/beancount.org")
"bc_" :jump-to-captured t)
Should place me in the beancount.org file at the bottom with "bc_"<--cursor
here, where "bc_" is a snippet.
I then press TAB and the snippet expands. I'm having some trouble with this
part, and perhaps this question is better asked to yasnippet gurus, but I
thought I would try here first to see if others have efficient workflows
other than what I am trying to do. The snippet is:
# -*- mode: snippet; require-final-newline: nil -*-
# name: beancount
# key: bc_
# expand-env: ((yas-indent-line 'fixed) (yas-wrap-around-region 'nil))
# binding: direct-keybinding
# --
`(format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d")` * "$1"
${2:$$(call-interactively 'beancount-insert-account)} $3 USD
${4:$$(call-interactively 'beancount-insert-account)} -$3 USD
The problem is that beancount-insert-account does not seem to be behaving
properly. It prompts me for an account ~4 times for each call, and if I
just hit enter, instead of selecting the first account (Assets:Cash:CHF),
produces an entry that looks like this:
** 2017-W27
*** 2017-07-06 Thursday
2017-07-06 * "test entry"
Assets:Cash:CHF:Cash:CHFAssets:Cash:CHF:Cash:CHF:Cash:CHF:Cash:CHF 42
USD
<cursor here again misbehaving> -42 USD
Questions:
+ How do I get beancount-insert-account to behave properly in this context.
It seems to be a yasnippet issue because C-c ' works fine normally.
+ Does anyone have any advice how to improve efficiency here? Combine the
capture + yasnippet? Have Yasnippet know when to prompt for >2 accounts?
+ I imagine capturing tasks into the datetree and refiling them to the
correct Org subtree hierarchy as separate tasks, but it could be automated.
I think this step needs to be done in the Org capture step, when refiling
is efficient.
+ Any other thoughts on this workflow?
Thanks for considering this. Neat software. This is just my second day
using it, but it seems like a good tool.
-k.
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