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Capture
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-* Setting up a capture location:: Where notes will be stored
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+* Setting up capture:: Where notes will be stored
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* Using capture:: Commands to invoke and terminate capture
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* Capture templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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@@ -5904,11 +5904,10 @@ trees to an archive file keeps the system compact and fast.
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@cindex capture
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Org's method for capturing new items is heavily inspired by John Wiegley
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-excellent remember package. Up to version 6.36 Org did actually use a
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-special setup for @file{remember.el}. @file{org-remember.el} is still part
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-of Org-mode for backward compatibility with existing setups. You can find
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-the documentation for org-remember at
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-@url{http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf}.
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+excellent remember package. Up to version 6.36 Org used a special setup
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+for @file{remember.el}. @file{org-remember.el} is still part of Org-mode for
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+backward compatibility with existing setups. You can find the documentation
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+for org-remember at @url{http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf}.
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The new capturing setup described here is preferred and should be used by new
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users. To convert your @code{org-remember-templates}, run the command
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@@ -5917,32 +5916,32 @@ users. To convert your @code{org-remember-templates}, run the command
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@end example
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@noindent and then customize the new variable with @kbd{M-x
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customize-variable org-capture-templates}, check the result, and save the
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-customization. You will then be able to use both remember and capture until
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-you have gotten used to the new mechanism.
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+customization. You can then use both remember and capture until
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+you are familiar with the new mechanism.
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-Capture lets you store quick notes with little interruption of your work
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+Capture lets you quickly store notes with little interruption of your work
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flow. The basic process of capturing is very similar to remember, but Org
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does enhance it with templates and more.
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@menu
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-* Setting up a capture location:: Where notes will be stored
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+* Setting up capture:: Where notes will be stored
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* Using capture:: Commands to invoke and terminate capture
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* Capture templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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@end menu
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-@node Setting up a capture location, Using capture, Capture, Capture
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-@subsection Setting up a capture location
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+@node Setting up capture, Using capture, Capture, Capture
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+@subsection Setting up capture
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The following customization sets a default target file for notes, and defines
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a global key@footnote{Please select your own key, @kbd{C-c c} is only a
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-suggestion.} for capturing new stuff.
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+suggestion.} for capturing new material.
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@example
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(setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
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(define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
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@end example
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-@node Using capture, Capture templates, Setting up a capture location, Capture
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+@node Using capture, Capture templates, Setting up capture, Capture
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@subsection Using capture
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@table @kbd
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@@ -5956,14 +5955,14 @@ node. You may then insert the information you want.
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@kindex C-c C-c
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@item C-c C-c
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-Once you are done entering information into the capture buffer,
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+Once you have finished entering information into the capture buffer,
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@kbd{C-c C-c} will return you to the window configuration before the capture
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process, so that you can resume your work without further distraction.
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@kindex C-c C-w
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@item C-c C-w
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-When this command is used in the capture buffer, it will finalize the capture
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-process by refiling (@pxref{Refiling notes}) the note to a different place.
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+Finalize the capture process by refiling (@pxref{Refiling notes}) the note to
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+a different place.
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@kindex C-c C-k
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@item C-c C-k
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@@ -5979,8 +5978,8 @@ rather than to the current date.
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@subsection Capture templates
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@cindex templates, for Capture
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-You can use templates to arrange for different types of capture items, and
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-for different target locations. The easiest way to set up such templates is
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+You can use templates for different types of capture items, and
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+for different target locations. The easiest way to create such templates is
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through the customize interface.
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@table @kbd
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@@ -5994,7 +5993,7 @@ an example. Say you would like to use one template to create general TODO
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entries, and you want to put these entries under the heading @samp{Tasks} in
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your file @file{~/org/gtd.org}. Also, a date tree in the file
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@file{journal.org} should capture journal entries. A possible configuration
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-would then look like this:
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+would look like:
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@example
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(setq org-capture-templates
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@@ -6015,7 +6014,7 @@ for you like this:
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During expansion of the template, @code{%a} has been replaced by a link to
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the location from where you called the capture command. This can be
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extremely useful for deriving tasks from emails, for example. You fill in
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-the task definition, press @code{C-c C-c} and Org puts you back into the same
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+the task definition, press @code{C-c C-c} and Org returns you to the same
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place where you started the capture process.
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@@ -6056,15 +6055,15 @@ An Org-mode node, with a headline. Will be filed as the child of the
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target entry or as a top-level entry. The target file should be an Org-mode
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file.
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@item item
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-A plain list item, placed in the first plain list a the target
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+A plain list item, placed in the first plain list at the target
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location. Again the target file should be an Org file.
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@item checkitem
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-A checkbox item. This only differs from the plain lis item by the
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+A checkbox item. This only differs from the plain list item by the
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default template.
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@item table-line
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-a new line in the first table at target location. Where exactly the
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+a new line in the first table at the target location. Where exactly the
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line will be inserted depends on the properties @code{:prepend} and
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-@code{:table-line-pos} (see below)
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+@code{:table-line-pos} (see below).
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@item plain
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Text to be inserted as it is.
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@end table
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@@ -6078,13 +6077,13 @@ body of this node.
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Valid values are:
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@table @code
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@item (file "path/to/file")
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-Text will be placed at the beginning or end of that file
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+Text will be placed at the beginning or end of that file.
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@item (id "id of existing org entry")
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-Filing as child of this entry, or in the body of the entry
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+Filing as child of this entry, or in the body of the entry.
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@item (file+headline "path/to/file" "node headline")
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-Fast configuration if the target heading is unique in the file
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+Fast configuration if the target heading is unique in the file.
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@item (file+olp "path/to/file" "Level 1 heading" "Level 2" ...)
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For non-unique headings, the full path is safer.
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@@ -6109,7 +6108,7 @@ file and location.
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@item template
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The template for creating the capture item. If you leave this
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empty, an appropriate default template will be used. Otherwise this is a
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-string with a number of escape code, which will be replaced depending on time
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+string with escape codes, which will be replaced depending on time
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and context of the capture call. See below for more details.
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@item properties
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@@ -6127,19 +6126,19 @@ file it away immediately. This makes sense if the template only needs
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information that can be added automatically.
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@item :empty-lines
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-Set this to the number of lines the should be inserted
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+Set this to the number of lines to insert
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before and after the new item. Default 0, only common other value is 1.
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@item :clock-in
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Start the clock in this item.
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@item :clock-resume
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-If Starting the capture interrupted a clock, restart that clock when done
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+If starting the capture interrupted a clock, restart that clock when finished
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with the capture.
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@item :unnarrowed
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Do not narrow the target buffer, simply show the full buffer. Default is to
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-narrow it so that you only see the new stuff.
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+narrow it so that you only see the new material.
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@end table
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@end table
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In the template itself, special @kbd{%}-escapes@footnote{If you need one of
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these sequences literally, escape the @kbd{%} with a backslash.} allow
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dynamic insertion of content:
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+
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+@comment SJE: should these sentences terminate in period?
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@smallexample
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%^@{@var{prompt}@} @r{prompt the user for a string and replace this sequence with it.}
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@r{You may specify a default value and a completion table with}
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@@ -6202,7 +6203,7 @@ vm, wl, mh, rmail | %:type %:subject %:message-id
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gnus | %:group, @r{for messages also all email fields}
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w3, w3m | %:url
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info | %:file %:node
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-calendar | %:date"
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+calendar | %:date
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@end smallexample
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@noindent
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@vindex org-attach-directory
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It is often useful to associate reference material with an outline node/task.
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Small chunks of plain text can simply be stored in the subtree of a project.
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-Hyperlinks (@pxref{Hyperlinks}) can be used to establish associations with
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+Hyperlinks (@pxref{Hyperlinks}) can establish associations with
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files that live elsewhere on your computer or in the cloud, like emails or
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source code files belonging to a project. Another method is @i{attachments},
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which are files located in a directory belonging to an outline node. Org
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@@ -6237,14 +6238,14 @@ choice to an entry. You can also make children inherit the attachment
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directory from a parent, so that an entire subtree uses the same attached
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directory.
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-@noindent The following commands deal with attachments.
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+@noindent The following commands deal with attachments:
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@table @kbd
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@kindex C-c C-a
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@item C-c C-a
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The dispatcher for commands related to the attachment system. After these
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-keys, a list of commands is displayed and you need to press an additional key
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+keys, a list of commands is displayed and you must press an additional key
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to select a command:
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@table @kbd
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@@ -6274,7 +6275,7 @@ attachments yourself.
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@kindex C-c C-a o
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@item o
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@vindex org-file-apps
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-Open current task's attachment. If there are more than one, prompt for a
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+Open current task's attachment. If there is more than one, prompt for a
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file name first. Opening will follow the rules set by @code{org-file-apps}.
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For more details, see the information on following hyperlinks
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(@pxref{Handling links}).
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@@ -6318,12 +6319,12 @@ same directory for attachments as the parent does.
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@section RSS feeds
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@cindex RSS feeds
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-Org has the capability to add and change entries based on information found in
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-RSS feeds. You could use this to make a task out of each new podcast in a
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-podcast feed. Or you could use a phone-based note-creating service on the
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-web to import tasks into Org. To access feeds, you need to configure the
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-variable @code{org-feed-alist}. The docstring of this variable has detailed
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-information. Here is just an example:
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+Org can add and change entries based on information found in RSS feeds. You
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+could use this to make a task out of each new podcast in a podcast feed. Or
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+you could use a phone-based note-creating service on the web to import tasks
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+into Org. To access feeds, configure the variable @code{org-feed-alist}.
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+The docstring of this variable has detailed information. Here is just an
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+example:
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@example
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(setq org-feed-alist
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@@ -6538,7 +6539,7 @@ Archived trees are excluded from column view unless the variable
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@code{org-columns-skip-archived-trees} is configured to @code{nil}.
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@end itemize
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-The following commands help managing the ARCHIVE tag:
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+The following commands help manage the ARCHIVE tag:
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@table @kbd
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@kindex C-c C-x a
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