* org-capture templates with file+olp target
@ 2010-08-23 3:56 Erik Iverson
2010-08-23 4:00 ` Erik Iverson
2010-08-23 18:54 ` David Maus
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From: Erik Iverson @ 2010-08-23 3:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Emacs-orgmode
Hello,
Using latest org-mode from git.
I'm trying to set up a simple org-capture template, to write
to a file test.org. The first two lines below simply
define a path to some org mode file.
My confusion with the template is when I invoke org-capture --
I have it set to C-c c --, and then hit `t`, everything works
as I'd hope. (the file+headline target)
But when I hit `b`, (the file+olp target), I get an error,
which I can avoid by hardcoding the filename instead of using
the org-test-file variable in that case. I get the error:
find-file-noselect: Wrong type argument: stringp, org-test-file
from the org-find-olp function in org.el.
I tried to debug, and it looks like that variable is not getting
evaluated for some reason. I'm sure it's obvious to someone,
but is there a way around this?
Hardcoding the path is actually problematic, since my org
files are passed around various machines using git/Dropbox,
and therefore the path is different depending on where I
am located.
Below is the simplest example I could come up with, just
create a ~/test.org file and try it out.
;; a path to some org-files
(setq org-test-path "/tmp")
;; a specific org-file
(setq org-test-file (concat org-test-path "/test.org"))
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline org-test-file "Tasks")
"* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
("b" "Buy" item (file+olp org-test-file "Stuff to Buy" "House")
"")))
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* Re: org-capture templates with file+olp target
2010-08-23 3:56 org-capture templates with file+olp target Erik Iverson
@ 2010-08-23 4:00 ` Erik Iverson
2010-08-23 18:54 ` David Maus
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Erik Iverson @ 2010-08-23 4:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Emacs-orgmode
> Below is the simplest example I could come up with, just
> create a ~/test.org file and try it out.
Oops, /tmp/test.org I suppose.
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* Re: org-capture templates with file+olp target
2010-08-23 3:56 org-capture templates with file+olp target Erik Iverson
2010-08-23 4:00 ` Erik Iverson
@ 2010-08-23 18:54 ` David Maus
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Maus @ 2010-08-23 18:54 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Erik Iverson; +Cc: Emacs-orgmode
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Erik Iverson wrote:
>I tried to debug, and it looks like that variable is not getting
>evaluated for some reason. I'm sure it's obvious to someone,
>but is there a way around this?
>Hardcoding the path is actually problematic, since my org
>files are passed around various machines using git/Dropbox,
>and therefore the path is different depending on where I
>am located.
>Below is the simplest example I could come up with, just
>create a ~/test.org file and try it out.
> ;; a path to some org-files
> (setq org-test-path "/tmp")
> ;; a specific org-file
> (setq org-test-file (concat org-test-path "/test.org"))
> (setq org-capture-templates
> '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline org-test-file "Tasks")
> "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
> ("b" "Buy" item (file+olp org-test-file "Stuff to Buy" "House")
> "")))
The symbol `org-test-file' is indeed not evaluated because the entire
template list is quoted. You can use backquotes (Elisp manual, 13.5)
to tell Emacs to evaluate parts of the lisp:
,----
| (setq org-capture-templates
| `(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline ,org-test-file "Tasks")
| "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
| ("b" "Buy" item (file+olp ,org-test-file "Stuff to Buy" "House")
| "")))
`----
The lisp starts with the backtick (`) and all expressions that are
prefix by comma (,) are evaluated.
HTH,
-- David
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