Re: Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed

[pietru]

> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 1:46 AM
> From: "Tim Cross" <theophilusx@gmail.com>
> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Org Capture Menu cannot be fully viewed
>
>
> pietru@caramail.com writes:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > When making a relatively long Org Capture Menu for Archaeological Field 
> > Management,
> > the relevant capture window cannot be scrolled down.  This becomes 
> > particularly
> > problematic with small field laptops.
> >
>
> I'm assuming you mean the window which pops up where you select the
> capture template to use.

Correct

> Just wondering if perhaps what we really need to do is provide some sort
> of support for using Emacs completion facilities to select templates? I
> realise this is challenging because of the huge wealth of completion
> frameworks available in Emacs, but perhaps adding support for something
> like fido-mode would be beneficial. To some extent, it feels like org is
> re-inventing a wheel here and we would be better off using an existing
> facility rather than develop/maintain an org specific version.

I have used icomplete, which works really well.  But I am not in a position
to claim it is the right solution

> I see a very similar problem with the export menu, but that is a more
> complex situation.
> --
> Tim Cross
>
>