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Capture - Refile - Archive
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-* Remember:: Capture new tasks/ideas with little interruption
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+* Capture::
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* Refiling notes:: Moving a tree from one place to another
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* Archiving:: What to do with finished projects
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-Remember
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+Capture
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-* Setting up Remember for Org:: Some code for .emacs to get things going
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-* Remember templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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-* Storing notes:: Directly get the note to where it belongs
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+* Setting up a capture location:: 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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Agenda Views
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@@ -1525,89 +1525,90 @@ Cave's Date and Time tutorial}@*
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An important part of any organization system is the ability to quickly
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capture new ideas and tasks, and to associate reference material with them.
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-Org uses the @file{remember.el} package to create tasks, and stores files
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-related to a task (@i{attachments}) in a special directory. Once in the
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-system, tasks and projects need to be moved around. Moving completed project
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-trees to an archive file keeps the system compact and fast.
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+Org defines a capture process to create tasks. It stores files related to a
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+task (@i{attachments}) in a special directory. Once in the system, tasks and
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+projects need to be moved around. Moving completed project trees to an
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+archive file keeps the system compact and fast.
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@menu
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-* Remember:: Capture new tasks/ideas with little interruption
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+* Capture::
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* Refiling notes:: Moving a tree from one place to another
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* Archiving:: What to do with finished projects
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@end menu
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-@node Remember, Refiling notes, Capture - Refile - Archive, Capture - Refile - Archive
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-@section Remember
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+@node Capture, Refiling notes, Capture - Refile - Archive, Capture - Refile - Archive
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+@section Capture
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-The Remember package by John Wiegley lets you store quick notes with little
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-interruption of your work flow. It is an excellent way to add new notes and
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-tasks to Org files. The @code{remember.el} package is part of Emacs 23, not
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-Emacs 22. See @uref{http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RememberMode} for
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-more information.
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-
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-Org significantly expands the possibilities of Remember: you may define
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-templates for different note types, and associate target files and headlines
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-with specific templates. It also allows you to select the location where a
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-note should be stored interactively, on the fly.
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+Org's method for capturing new items is heavily inspired by John Wiegley
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+excellent remember package. It lets you store quick notes with little
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+interruption of your work flow. Org lets you define templates for new
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+entries and associate them with different targets for storing notes.
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@menu
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-* Setting up Remember for Org:: Some code for .emacs to get things going
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-* Remember templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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-* Storing notes:: Directly get the note to where it belongs
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+* Setting up a capture location:: 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 Remember for Org, Remember templates, Remember, Remember
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-@unnumberedsubsec Setting up Remember for Org
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+@node Setting up a capture location, Using capture, Capture, Capture
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+@unnumberedsubsec Setting up a capture location
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-The following customization will tell Remember to use Org files as
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-target, and to create annotations compatible with Org links.
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+The following customization sets a default target@footnote{Using capture
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+templates, you can define more fine-grained capture locations, see
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+@ref{Capture templates}.} file for notes, and defines a global
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+key@footnote{Please select your own key, @kbd{C-c c} is only a suggestion.}
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+for capturing new stuff.
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-@smallexample
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-(org-remember-insinuate)
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-(setq org-directory "~/path/to/my/orgfiles/")
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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-cr" 'org-remember)
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-@end smallexample
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+(define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
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+@end example
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-@noindent
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-The last line binds the command @code{org-remember} to a global
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-key@footnote{Please select your own key, @kbd{C-c r} is only a
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-suggestion.}. @code{org-remember} basically just calls Remember,
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-but it makes a few things easier: if there is an active region, it will
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-automatically copy the region into the Remember buffer. It also allows
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-to jump to the buffer and location where Remember notes are being
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-stored: just call @code{org-remember} with a prefix argument. If you
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-use two prefix arguments, Org jumps to the location where the last
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-remember note was stored.
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-
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-@node Remember templates, Storing notes, Setting up Remember for Org, Remember
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-@unnumberedsubsec Remember templates
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-
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-In combination with Org, you can use templates to generate
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-different types of Remember notes. For example, if you would like
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-to use one template to create general TODO entries, another one for
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-journal entries, and a third one for collecting random ideas, you could
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+@node Using capture, Capture templates, Setting up a capture location, Capture
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+@unnumberedsubsec Using capture
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+
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+@table @kbd
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+@item C-c c
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+Start a capture process. You will be placed into a narrowed indirect buffer
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+to edit the item.
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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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+@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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+@item C-c C-w
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+Finalize by moving the entry to a refile location (@pxref{Refiling notes}).
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+@item C-c C-k
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+Abort the capture process and return to the previous state.
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+@end table
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+
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+@node Capture templates, , Using capture, Capture
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+@unnumberedsubsec Capture templates
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+You can use templates to generate different types of capture notes, and to
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+store them in different places. For example, if you would like
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+to store new tasks under a heading @samp{Tasks} in file @file{TODO.org}, and
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+journal entries in a date tree in @file{journal.org} you could
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use:
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@smallexample
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-(setq org-remember-templates
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- '(("Todo" ?t "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a" "~/org/TODO.org" "Tasks")
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- ("Journal" ?j "* %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" "~/org/JOURNAL.org")
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- ("Idea" ?i "* %^@{Title@}\n %i\n %a" "~/org/JOURNAL.org" "New Ideas")))
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+(setq org-capture-templates
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+ '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/gtd.org" "Tasks")
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+ "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
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+ ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
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+ "* %?\nEntered on %U\n %i\n %a")))
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@end smallexample
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-@noindent In these entries, the first string is just a name, and the
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-character specifies how to select the template. It is useful if the
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-character is also the first letter of the name. The next string specifies
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-the template. Two more (optional) strings give the file in which, and the
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-headline under which, the new note should be stored.
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+@noindent In these entries, the first string is the key to reach the
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+template, the second is a short description. Then follows the type of the
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+entry and a definition of the target location for storing the note. Finally,
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+the template itself, a string with %-escapes to fill in information based on
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+time and context.
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-When you call @kbd{M-x org-remember} (or @kbd{M-x remember}) to remember
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-something, Org will prompt for a key to select the template (if you have
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-more than one template) and then prepare the buffer like
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+When you call @kbd{M-x org-capture}, Org will prompt for a key to select the
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+template (if you have more than one template) and then prepare the buffer like
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@smallexample
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* TODO
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- [[file:@var{link to where you called remember}]]
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+ [[file:@var{link to where you were when initiating capture}]]
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@end smallexample
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@noindent
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@@ -1623,18 +1624,7 @@ possibilities, consult the manual for more.
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%u, %U @r{like the above, but inactive timestamps}
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@end smallexample
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-@node Storing notes, , Remember templates, Remember
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-@unnumberedsubsec Storing notes
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-When you are finished preparing a note with Remember, you have to press
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-@kbd{C-c C-c} to file the note away.
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-
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-The handler will store the note in the file and under the headline
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-specified in the template, or it will use the default file and headline. The
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-window configuration will be restored, sending you back to the working
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-context before the call to Remember.
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-@node Refiling notes, Archiving, Remember, Capture - Refile - Archive
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+@node Refiling notes, Archiving, Capture, Capture - Refile - Archive
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@section Refiling notes
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When reviewing the captured data, you may want to refile some of the entries
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@section iCalendar export
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@table @kbd
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-@kindex C-c C-e i
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@item C-c C-e i
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Create iCalendar entries for the current file in a @file{.ics} file.
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-@kindex C-c C-e c
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@item C-c C-e c
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Create a single large iCalendar file from all files in
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@code{org-agenda-files} and write it to the file given by
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