Drafts Directory: Org-mode capture

Action

Posted by @davekurman, Last update over 6 years ago

Org-mode capture from Drafts app

Capture text from Drafts app into Org-mode.
Add org-mode style tags from your Drafts tags.
TODO: change the target org file! Edit the Dropbox step. Change /Notes/inbox.org to your target org file.
Org-mode: Org mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system.
Org-mode Capture: Capture lets you quickly store notes with little interruption of your work flow.
Looking for Org-mode apps for iOS? Check out Beorg and MobileOrg

Steps

script

// add org-mode tags from Drafts app tags

var content = draft.content;
var orgTags = '';
var titleBreak = content.indexOf("\n");

editor.new();

if (content.trim().length > 0) {
	var title = content.slice(0, titleBreak);
	var oldTitle = title;	
	var body = content.slice(titleBreak + 1);
	
	if (draft.tags.length > 0) {
		orgTags = ':';
		for (tagIndex in draft.tags) {
			orgTags = orgTags + draft.tags[tagIndex] + ':';
		}
	}

	title = title + ' ' + orgTags;

	draft.content = title + '\n' + body;
} else {
	alert('Draft has no content.');
}

dropbox

fileNameTemplate	Test.inbox.org
folderTemplate	/Notes
template	* [[title]] [[body]] :PROPERTIES: :Created: [[[date]]] [[[time]]] :END:
writeType	prepend

script

// restore original draft
// ie. remove org-mode tags from title


if (content.trim().length > 0) {
	draft.content = oldTitle + '\n' + body;
}

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Notification	Info
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