Re: [Orgmode] GTD: Solving the bottleneck of converting incoming mails to NEXT actions

[Carsten Dominik]

On Sep 25, 2007, at 7:05, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:52:44 +0200
> Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  b> You can also set `org-remember-default-headline'.  In your case,
>  b> maybe "Emails" is a good choice:
>
>  b> (setq org-remember-default-headline "Emails")
>
> Yes, this seems useful.
>
>
>  b> Then you have to make sure there is a headline containing "Emails"
>  b> in your `org-default-notes-file' or in the file the template is
>  b> pointing to.
>
> What would happen if there were no such headline? Would it be created?

Not so far, but this is a good idea, I will implement this.

> > > (setq org-remember-templates
> > > '((?e "* NEXT %?\n  %i\n  %a" "Email" "Emails")))
>  b>                                        ^^^^^
>  b> So I would suggest this configuration:
>
> I tried that.
>
> When typing "C-c C-c" it asks for a filename to save into (instead of
> saving into the default, as the menu claims)

??? Which version do you have?

This depends on the variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt' and
works fine with the current version.

>  and when trying to specify
> the existing file, I get
>
>  "File `/home/greve/Tools/Org/Email' exists; overwrite? (y or n)"
>
> which I declined as I don't want to lose that file.

???  I have never seen that.  Anyone?

> If I do "C-c C-c" and give it "~/.notes" by hand (which should not have
> been necessary in the first place) I get the following result for
> .notes, regardless of its previous state:
> ## Filing location: Select interactively, default, or last used:
> ##     C-u C-c C-c  to select file and header location interactively.
> ##         C-c C-c  "~/.notes" -> "* "
> ## C-u C-u C-c C-c  "???" -> "* ???"
> ## To switch templates, use `M-x org-remember'.
>
> * NEXT This is a test for an email
>   [[mairix:m:address@hidden 
> from Adam Spiers: Re: Orgmode GTD: Solving the]]
>
> So it seems that remember/org is malfunctioning somehow.

Again, I have never seen this.
hmmm, we had a thread recently where someone was complain that the 
comments were not
removed.  Does anyone remember was the reason was?

- Carsten