[Orgmode] Re: add a list item and automatically insert an incative timestamp without being asked to confirm "now"

[Rainer Stengele]

Carsten Dominik schrieb:
> 
> On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Rainer Stengele wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to write a function to create a new item in an item list and
>> immediately
>> insert an inactive timestamp. How could I possibly do this?
>> I can write a keyboard macro, yes.
>> But can somebody show me how to write a function which I can
>> global-set-key to?
>>
>>
>> Must be something like
>> ...
>> (org-meta-return)
>> (org-time-stamp-inactive t)
>> ...
>>
>>
>> Problem is I then get asked to confirm the current timestamp. In this
>> case I
>> always want to use the current timestamp without being asked.
>>
> 
> (defun xxx ()
>   (interactive)
>   (org-insert-item)
>   (org-insert-time-stamp (current-time) 'with-hm 'inactive))
> 
> This assumes that you are in a plain list already.  Funnily
> enough, there is no command to insert an item at any location, except
> pressing
> 
>   - SPC
> 
> of course :-)
> 
> So you could do
> 
> 
> (defun xxx ()
>   (interactive)
>   (if (not (org-in-item-p))
>       (insert "- ")
>     (org-insert-item))
>   (org-insert-time-stamp (current-time) 'with-hm 'inactive))
> 
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> 
> - Carsten
> 



Hi Carsten,

thanks a lot!
Why didn't I find that myself?
I simply tried C-h k C-c ! and found (org-time-stamp-inactive &optional arg).
If I only had found a hint to
  (org-insert-time-stamp time &optional with-hm inactive pre post extra)
...


Thanks again!

Rainer