nvim-orgmode / nvim-orgmode/orgmode
Create headline if it doesn't already exist in target
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Description
Does this feature exist in Emacs orgmode core?
No
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I'm not sure if this is the current behavior in emacs, but I think it would be pretty cool if the capture window offered to create a headline that doesn't yet exist in the target file.
An example:
f = {
description = "repo heading",
template = "* %?",
headline = vim.fn.fnamemodify(vim.fn.getcwd(), ":t"),
target = org_agenda_path("repos.org"),
},
on a new repo, currently won't let me confirm the capture since the repo headline doesn't exist in the file.
The relevant section in the code that I found was here.
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in lua/orgmode/capture/init.lua around line 584 and reproduce the capture configuration shown against a target file without the requested headline. Determine the existing confirmation behavior, then consider the work complete when a capture can create the missing headline and proceed successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100