Org-capture menu from within helm

Question

I have started using org-capture extensively, and now have capture lists for just about everything: books to read, movies to rent, articles to write, research topics, business ideas – you name it.

The trouble is, my org-capture menu is filling up fast, and I am now starting to run out of letters in the alphabet to represent all my lists!

So I am wondering - is there an org-capture module for helm that will display a source with all my capture lists and then let me start typing the name of the list, to narrow down my selection?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '19 at 10:35

3

There is, and is called helm-org. The command you want is called helm-org-capture-templates.

answered Mar 25 '19 at 10:35

jagrg

3,824
4
19

That did it. Thanks @jagrg! – Adam Mar 26 '19 at 08:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 09:30

You could use a generic org-capture template per file and use yasnippet inside org mode with the actual template you want in your file. You can use completion to search for names, it's not helm, but still it doesn't seem bad.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 23 '19 at 00:33

1

I think what you're after here is just refiling your captured template. I use these variables so that when I refile, I am asked which heading in which file I want to put it under. Helm can complete in that query.

    (setq org-refile-targets          '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 2))
          org-refile-use-outline-path 'file)

edited Feb 23 '19 at 00:33

Drew

75,699
9
109
225

answered Feb 22 '19 at 22:47

Tim Ransom

11
1

Org-capture menu from within helm

3 Answers3