Re: Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed

[pietru]

> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 10:48 PM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: pietru@caramail.com
> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed
>
> * pietru@caramail.com <pietru@caramail.com> [2020-12-14 00:03]:
> > > ivy and helm packages (maybe) enhances that and allow you to type just
> > > "som" to reach to "Or something similar" or "think" to reach to "I
> > > think it might" and offers basic relevance search if you use few
> > > words.
> > >
> > > Standard completion may use joker symbol *
> > >
> > > Choose: *thingTAB
> > >
> > > would expand to "Or something similar"
> > >
> > > That is good way to go in Emacs if you have to chose among large
> > > number of items of anything.
> >
> > Would that apply with respect to inserting long headings or descriptions
> > in org file?
> >
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > ;;                "Site_SubType:
> > ;;                   [1a] Settlement > Encampment
> > ;;                   [1a] Settlement > Hamlet or Village
> > ;;                   [1a] Settlement > Town or City
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Brush Structure
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Cave
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > House
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > House Mound
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Wattle & Daub (Jacal) 
> > Structure
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Long House
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Pit House / Earth Lodge
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Room Block / Compound / 
> > Pueblo
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Rock Shelter
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Shade Structure / Ramada
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Tent Ring / Tipi Ring
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Platform Mound
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Shell Mound
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Wigwam / Wetu
> > ;;                   [1b] Domestic Structure > Plank House"
>
> That is well suited for completing functions in Emacs. Same way I work
> with my 1148 sets where I capture notes into.
>
> struc plat would find Platform Mound

Can see there is some convergence of experience.

How orp-capture works is that extracting fields from emails is pretty good.
But that concept has not been extended to extract fields from plain text
record formats such as that provided by recutils.

That would make org-capture great indeed.

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