Two different ideas for org-capture via completing read

org-capture-complete.el

;;; org-capture-complete.el --- Two different ideas for org-capture via completing read  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2023  Arthur Miller

;; Author: Arthur Miller <[email protected]>
;; Keywords: tools, lisp

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;;; Commentary:

;; Two small somewhat different versions of a command to run org-capture
;; via completing read instead of the standard org-capture dialog.

;;; Code:

(defun org-capture-complete (&optional goto)
  "Call org-capture via completing read. GOTO as in `org-capture'"
  (interactive)
  (let* ((label (completing-read "Capture: "
                                 (mapcar (lambda (s)
                                           (cons (cadr s) (car s)))
                                         org-capture-templates)))
         (template
          (catch 'found (dolist (tmpl org-capture-templates)
                          (when (equal (cadr tmpl) label)
                           (throw 'found (car tmpl)))))))
    (condition-case error
        (org-capture goto template)
      ((error quit) (message "Capture aborted")))))

(defun org-capture-complete2 (&optional goto)
  "Call org-capture via completing read. GOTO as in `org-capture'"
  (interactive)
  (let ((label (completing-read "Capture: "
                                (mapcar (lambda (s)
                                          (concat (car s) " " (cadr s)))
                                        org-capture-templates))))
    (condition-case error
        (org-capture goto (substring label 0 1))
      ((error quit) (message "Capture aborted")))))

(provide 'org-capture-complete)
;;; org-capture-complete.el ends here