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1.3 Capture

Capture

Capture lets you quickly store notes with little interruption of your work flow ¹. Capturing is controlled by org-remember.el.

Set Up Capture

set a default target file for notes, and define a global key for capturing new material.

(setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
(define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)

Use Capture

C-c c is the basic command (org-capture); it has some alternates:

(org-capture &optional ARG)

C-c c; with a prefix C-u C-c c, find the last stored capture; with two prefixes C-u C-u C-c c, visit the last stored capture in a separate buffer. Can also jump to the bookmark org-capture-last-stored. With a zero prefix C-0 C-c c, insert the capture at point.

(org-capture-finalize)

C-c C-c

(org-capture-refile)

C-c C-w

(org-capture-kill)

C-c C-k

Capture Templates

You can use templates for different types of capture items, and for different target locations. Because the code is quite complex, you should create new templates using the customize interface, using C-c c C.

See Capture Templates for full details