From 139f79b5ec53c3d56924165b35ebc094efbc3c4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Taylor <derek@distrotube.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:10:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adding Org-capture functionality for proper note taking.

---
 .config/emacs/config.el  | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 .config/emacs/config.org | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/emacs/config.el b/.config/emacs/config.el
index b0a6890..a0e545b 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/config.el
+++ b/.config/emacs/config.el
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@
   (dt/leader-keys
     "m" '(:ignore t :wk "Org")
     "m a" '(org-agenda :wk "Org agenda")
+    "m c" '(org-capture :wk "Org capture")
     "m e" '(org-export-dispatch :wk "Org export dispatch")
     "m i" '(org-toggle-item :wk "Org toggle item")
     "m t" '(org-todo :wk "Org todo")
@@ -566,7 +567,21 @@
                  (make-local-variable 'auto-hscroll-mode)
                  (setq auto-hscroll-mode nil)))))
 
-(setq org-agenda-files '("~/.config/emacs/agenda.org"))
+(setq org-directory "~/nc/Org/")
+
+(setq org-agenda-files '(concat org-directory "/agenda.org"))
+
+;; Defines the global fallback destination for all your Org notes.
+(setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
+
+;; (Optional) Create custom templates
+(setq org-capture-templates
+      `(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline ,(concat org-directory "/todo.org") "Tasks")
+         "* TODO %?\n  %u\n  %a")
+        ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree ,(concat org-directory "/journal.org"))
+         "* %?\nEntered on %U")
+        ("n" "Note" entry (file ,org-default-notes-file)
+         "* %?\n  %u")))
 
 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'org-indent-mode)
 (use-package org-bullets)
diff --git a/.config/emacs/config.org b/.config/emacs/config.org
index b80770a..ef73290 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/config.org
+++ b/.config/emacs/config.org
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 - [[#modeline][MODELINE]]
 - [[#neotree][NEOTREE]]
 - [[#org-mode][ORG MODE]]
+  - [[#general-org-settings][General Org Settings]]
   - [[#agenda][Agenda]]
+  - [[#capture][Capture]]
   - [[#bullets][Bullets]]
   - [[#diminish-org-indent-mode][Diminish Org Indent Mode]]
   - [[#org-level-headers][Org Level Headers]]
@@ -560,6 +562,7 @@ mouse wheel for zooming in/out.
   (dt/leader-keys
     "m" '(:ignore t :wk "Org")
     "m a" '(org-agenda :wk "Org agenda")
+    "m c" '(org-capture :wk "Org capture")
     "m e" '(org-export-dispatch :wk "Org export dispatch")
     "m i" '(org-toggle-item :wk "Org toggle item")
     "m t" '(org-todo :wk "Org todo")
@@ -780,9 +783,32 @@ Neotree is a file tree viewer.  When you open neotree, it jumps to the current f
 #+end_src
 
 * ORG MODE
+
+** General Org Settings
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(setq org-directory "~/nc/Org/")
+
+#+end_src
+
 ** Agenda
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(setq org-agenda-files '("~/.config/emacs/agenda.org"))
+(setq org-agenda-files '(concat org-directory "/agenda.org"))
+#+end_src
+
+** TODO Capture
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+;; Defines the global fallback destination for all your Org notes.
+(setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
+
+;; (Optional) Create custom templates
+(setq org-capture-templates
+      `(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline ,(concat org-directory "/todo.org") "Tasks")
+         "* TODO %?\n  %u\n  %a")
+        ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree ,(concat org-directory "/journal.org"))
+         "* %?\nEntered on %U")
+        ("n" "Note" entry (file ,org-default-notes-file)
+         "* %?\n  %u")))
+
 #+end_src
 
 ** Bullets