org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Simao]

I am trying to run `org-capture` to capture a journal entry but
`org-capture` always aborts with the following trace:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Capture abort:
(wrong-type-argument stringp nil)")
  signal(error ("Capture abort: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)"))
  error("Capture abort: %s" (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
  org-capture(nil)
  funcall-interactively(org-capture nil)
  call-interactively(org-capture nil nil)
  command-execute(org-capture)

Is there a problem with my settings? I am using the template suggested
in the manual.

Thanks,
Simao


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
3.22.5)
 of 2016-12-23
Package: Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @
/usr/share/emacs/25.1/lisp/org/)

current state:
==============
(setq
 org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe
 org-src-native-tab-command-maybe
                      org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
                      org-babel-header-arg-expand)
 org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook
 org-babel-speed-command-hook)
 org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
 org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
 org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-capture-templates '(("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree
 "~/Sync/journal.org.txt")
                          "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")
                         )
 org-startup-indented t
 org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
 org-from-is-user-regexp nil
 org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
 org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
 org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
 org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
 org-mode-hook '(er/add-org-mode-expansions
                 #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook
                   org-show-block-all append local] 5]
                 #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook
                   org-babel-show-result-all append
                    local]
                   5]
                 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
 org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point
 org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
 org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees
 org-cycle-hide-drawers
                  org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks org-cycle-show-empty-lines
                  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
 org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "DOING" "|" "DONE"))
 org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
 org-log-into-drawer t
 org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
 )

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:

> I am trying to run `org-capture` to capture a journal entry but
> `org-capture` always aborts with the following trace:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Capture abort:
> (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)")
>   signal(error ("Capture abort: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)"))
>   error("Capture abort: %s" (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
>   org-capture(nil)
>   funcall-interactively(org-capture nil)
>   call-interactively(org-capture nil nil)
>   command-execute(org-capture)
>
> Is there a problem with my settings? I am using the template suggested
> in the manual.

You are not using the template suggested in the manual.  Your capture
location is "~/Sync/journal.org.txt", which is not in Org mode. You
cannot create a tree there if it is not the case.

I improved the error message returned by Org capture under those
circumstances. Thank you.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Simao]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I only changed the location of the journal file.

org-mode actually creates the file and the right heading:

* 2017
** 2017-01 January
*** 2017-01-11 Wednesday

But then this error is thrown.

What do you mean the file is not in org mode? How do I add it to org
mode?

Thanks

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017, at 09:58, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:
> 
> > I am trying to run `org-capture` to capture a journal entry but
> > `org-capture` always aborts with the following trace:
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Capture abort:
> > (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)")
> >   signal(error ("Capture abort: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)"))
> >   error("Capture abort: %s" (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
> >   org-capture(nil)
> >   funcall-interactively(org-capture nil)
> >   call-interactively(org-capture nil nil)
> >   command-execute(org-capture)
> >
> > Is there a problem with my settings? I am using the template suggested
> > in the manual.
> 
> You are not using the template suggested in the manual.  Your capture
> location is "~/Sync/journal.org.txt", which is not in Org mode. You
> cannot create a tree there if it is not the case.
> 
> I improved the error message returned by Org capture under those
> circumstances. Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Nicolas Goaziou

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:

> I only changed the location of the journal file.

Worse, you changed the extension, which means the major mode used after
opening the file is different.

> org-mode actually creates the file and the right heading:
>
> * 2017
> ** 2017-01 January
> *** 2017-01-11 Wednesday
>
> But then this error is thrown.

This error means `org-todo-line-regexp' is not defined, because the
major mode in this file is not `org-mode'

> What do you mean the file is not in org mode? How do I add it to org
> mode?

See (info "(org) Activation")

You can use Org as a major-mode file-wise or for every file with ".txt" extension.

Regards,

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Simao]

Ah that's what you meant. Yeah but I am activating org-mode for org.txt
files:

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org.txt$" . org-mode))

And if I open the journal file it indeed has org-mode active.

Thanks

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017, at 12:10, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:
> 
> > I only changed the location of the journal file.
> 
> Worse, you changed the extension, which means the major mode used after
> opening the file is different.
> 
> > org-mode actually creates the file and the right heading:
> >
> > * 2017
> > ** 2017-01 January
> > *** 2017-01-11 Wednesday
> >
> > But then this error is thrown.
> 
> This error means `org-todo-line-regexp' is not defined, because the
> major mode in this file is not `org-mode'
> 
> > What do you mean the file is not in org mode? How do I add it to org
> > mode?
> 
> See (info "(org) Activation")
> 
> You can use Org as a major-mode file-wise or for every file with ".txt"
> extension.
> 
> Regards,

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:

> Ah that's what you meant. Yeah but I am activating org-mode for org.txt
> files:
>
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org.txt$" . org-mode))
>
> And if I open the journal file it indeed has org-mode active.

Then, you could try upgrading Org to 9.0.

Regards,

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Simao]

I was using the version bundled with emacs 25. I upgraded to org 9.0.3
and I still get the same problem. Is there a way to get a better trace
or something?

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017, at 15:50, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:
> 
> > Ah that's what you meant. Yeah but I am activating org-mode for org.txt
> > files:
> >
> > (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
> > (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org.txt$" . org-mode))
> >
> > And if I open the journal file it indeed has org-mode active.
> 
> Then, you could try upgrading Org to 9.0.
> 
> Regards,

Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Simao]

Ok I found out the problem.

I was using the following hook:

(defun sm-mozilla-text-hook ()
  (when (string-match (expand-file-name "~/.mozilla/firefox")
  (buffer-file-name))
    (longlines-mode 1)))

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'sm-mozilla-text-hook)

But for the capture buffer, buffer-file-name is nil so this fails. Using
`or` there fixes it.

Anyway I am just surprised that this worked for so long, I have had this
hook for years and use these kind of buffers all the time. I guess I
should be using.

Thank you for looking into it.

Simao


On Wed, Jan 11, 2017, at 16:05, Simao wrote:
> I was using the version bundled with emacs 25. I upgraded to org 9.0.3
> and I still get the same problem. Is there a way to get a better trace
> or something?
> 
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017, at 15:50, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> > Simao <smm@imap.cc> writes:
> > 
> > > Ah that's what you meant. Yeah but I am activating org-mode for org.txt
> > > files:
> > >
> > > (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
> > > (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org.txt$" . org-mode))
> > >
> > > And if I open the journal file it indeed has org-mode active.
> > 
> > Then, you could try upgrading Org to 9.0.
> > 
> > Regards,