Have a clever Org Protocol capture template? Share it with the community!

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Org Protocol capture templates are embarrassingly customizable. Have one that you want to show off? Please share it here!

Also for reference:

• Template elements (The Org Manual)
• Template expansion (The Org Manual)

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This template with key name capture will create an Org headline with a creation timestamp (CREATED) property. Note the usage of (file "") which will default to storing the entry in org-default-notes-file.

("capture"
 "Org Protocol Capture"
 entry
 (file "")
 (function (lambda ()
             (string-join
              '("* %:description"
                ":PROPERTIES:"
                ":CREATED: %U"
                ":END:"
                "%:annotation"
                "%i"
                ""
                "%?")
              "\n")))
 :prepend t
 :empty-lines 1)

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This template with key name capture-source will create an Org headline with body text treated as an Org code block. Included is a property drawer that holds a creation timestamp (CREATED) property. The usage of (file "") which will default to storing the entry in org-default-notes-file.

This capture template will prompt you to enter the source code language (default elisp). Completion for different language names is supported.

("capture-source"
 "Org Protocol Source"
 entry
 (file "")
 (function (lambda ()
             (string-join
              (list "* Source: %:description"
                    ":PROPERTIES:"
                    ":CREATED: %U"
                    ":END:"
                    "%:link"
                    (concat "#+BEGIN_SRC %^{Language|elisp|"
                            (string-join (list "awk"
                                               "C"
                                               "cpp"
                                               "shell"
                                               "clojure"
                                               "css"
                                               "ditaa"
                                               "eshell"
                                               "F90"
                                               "forth"
                                               "gnuplot"
                                               "sed"
                                               "dot"
                                               "java"
                                               "haskell"
                                               "julia"
                                               "latex"
                                               "lisp"
                                               "lua"
                                               "makefile"
                                               "matlab"
                                               "max"
                                               "js"
                                               "ocaml"
                                               "octave"
                                               "org"
                                               "perl"
                                               "plantuml"
                                               "processing"
                                               "python"
                                               "R"
                                               "ruby"
                                               "sass"
                                               "scheme"
                                               "sql"
                                               "sqlite"
                                               "swift"
                                               "kotlin")
                                         "|")
                            "}")
                    "%i"
                    "#+END_SRC"
                    ""
                    "%?")
              "\n")))
 :prepend t
 :empty-lines 1)

The following JavaScript saved as a bookmark address in a web browser can exercise the above capture-source template, using selected text in a web page as the body query item. To minimize confusion and have correspondence, name the bookmark “capture-source” as well.

javascript:location.href='org-protocol://capture?template=capture-source&url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'&body='+encodeURIComponent(window.getSelection());

With said web browser bookmark in place, the following steps can be taken to capture/clip source code from a web page.

1. Go to web page in browser.
2. Select source code of interest.
3. Open the web browser bookmark to launch the Org Protocol request.

An Org capture window akin to looking like this should show up in Emacs.

A similar effect can be achieved using Captee.