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Add support for capturing properties

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Read the linked Emacs Org-mode documentation for capture properties, then trace nvim-orgmode's capture implementation and how capture dates are handled. Done means the documented property syntax is recognized, removed from the capture body, and stored in the properties drawer.

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Description

enhancement
Does this feature exist in Emacs orgmode core?

Yes

Orgmode link

https://orgmode.org/org.html#:~:text=%5E%7BPROP%7Dp%E2%80%99

Feature value

No response

Additional context

Emacs' orgmode has support for capturing properties (which are then removed from the capture body and placed in the properties drawer). I wanted to implement storing capture dates in my notes and noticed the syntax is not supported in nvim-orgmode yet.

Dominant language
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