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`:clock-in`, `:clock-keep`, `:clock-resume` for Capture Templates

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
lua, neovim

Research direction

Use the linked Emacs Org Template-elements documentation as the behavioral reference; begin by locating this repository’s capture-template handling and clock lifecycle entry points. Done means supporting :clock-in, :clock-keep, and :clock-resume with the documented precedence between :clock-keep and :clock-resume.

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Description

enhancement
Does this feature exist in Emacs orgmode core?

Yes

Orgmode link

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Template-elements.html

Feature value

From the above link:

:clock-in
Start the clock in this item.

:clock-keep
Keep the clock running when filing the captured entry.

:clock-resume
If starting the capture interrupted a clock, restart that clock when finished with the capture. Note that :clock-keep has precedence over :clock-resume. When setting both to non-nil, the current clock will run and the previous one will not be resumed.

Quite useful for some workflows and time tracking.

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