Taming Org-Mode With Side Windows

Org-mode will, occasionally, pop up a window that takes over half the screen. Specifically, this happens to when: Capturing a note ( org-capture ): I get a half-screen window asking me to select the capture template. Inserting a timestamp ( org-timestamp ): The calendar takes over half the screen (assuming org-read-date-popup-calendar is non-nil). This is especially annoying in the second case…