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How to create a function to lauch org-capture with a selected template?

Let's say my capture template is bound to 't':

(defun my/captureTemplate ()
(interactive)
(org-capture "r")

This won't work as it will show me the whole list of potential templates to choose from. Thanks!

Solution

  • You should check the doc string of org-capture withC-h f org-capture RET to see how to call it from lisp:

    (org-capture &optional GOTO KEYS)

    ...

    ELisp programs can set KEYS to a string associated with a template in ‘org-capture-templates’. In this case, interactive selection will be bypassed.

    So try

    (defun my/captureTemplate ()
   (interactive)
   (org-capture nil "t"))

    In other words, call it with nil as the GOTO argument and "t" as the KEYS argument. I assumed that you meant to use the t template as you mentioned at the beginning, although you have r in your function and I also added a closing paren to close the defun.