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Re: [PATCH] org-capture: Update plist before finalizing


From: Kyle Meyer
Subject: Re: [PATCH] org-capture: Update plist before finalizing
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:50:36 -0400

Leo Vivier writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I’m working on the parallelisation of `org-capture' for Org-roam, and
> I’ve run into a problem with the updating of `org-capture-plist'.
>
> ;;---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ;; DESCRIPTION
> ;;---------------------------------------------------------------------
> We use the global-variable `org-capture-plist' to populate the
> local-variable `org-capture-current-plist' on the init of the
> `org-capture' buffer.  However, we do not do the opposite (i.e. update
> the global-variable with the local-variable) on `org-capture-finalize'.
>
> This is fine for the majority of `org-capture-finalize', since we’re
> using the LOCAL arg of `org-capture-get' to read
> `org-capture-current-plist' instead of `org-capture-list', but this
> trick does not work for `org-capture-after-finalize', since the hook is
> run after the `org-capture-buffer' has been closed.
>
> This causes problem with `:kill-buffer t', and it limits what can be
> done with cleanup functions in `org-capture-after-finalize'.
[...]

> ;;---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ;; PATCH
> ;;---------------------------------------------------------------------
> I propose to update `org-capture-plist' early in `org-capture-finalize'.
> I don’t think this would have unforeseen effects, since
> `org-capture-list' is already meant to be transient, and we’d only be
> expanding its use from init-only to init-and-exit.

Thanks for the detailed write-up and the patch (and sorry for the slow
reply).  Based on a quick glance, I too think this would be safe to do.

> Subject: [PATCH] org-capture: Update plist before finalizing
>
> * lisp/org-capture.el (org-capture-finalize): Update
> `org-capture-plist' with local-value before finalizing.

It'd be good to at least point to the motivation/usecase for this change
here.  (Your description section above already does a nice job of that.)

> ---
>  lisp/org-capture.el | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
> index 2cc1ce394..223ed4124 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-capture.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
> @@ -728,6 +728,9 @@ captured item after finalizing."
>  
>    (run-hooks 'org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook)
>  
> +  ;; Update `org-capture-plist' with the local-value
> +  (setq org-capture-plist org-capture-current-plist)

Convention nit: please end your comment with a period.

Perhaps add a brief mention of `org-capture-after-finalize' (or some
other hint of why) here.



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