%i indentation in capture templates

%i indentation in capture templates

[Thomas Jack]

I have the following capture template:

("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline (concat org-directory "/inbox.org") "inbox")
             "* TODO %?\n    %i\n    %a")

Yet, with "foo\nbar\nbaz" in the region, this expands to:

...
*** TODO
    foo
bar
baz
...

The manual says of %i that "The entire text will be indented like %i
itself." Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding? To be specific, the
output I expect is:

...
*** TODO
    foo
    bar
    baz
...

I'm on 7.01g.

Re: %i indentation in capture templates

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Jack wrote:
> I have the following capture template:
>
> ("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline (concat org-directory "/inbox.org") "inbox")
>              "* TODO %?\n    %i\n    %a")
>
> The manual says of %i that "The entire text will be indented like %i
> itself." Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding? To be specific, the
> output I expect is:
>
> ...
> *** TODO
>     foo
>     bar
>     baz
> ...

I've been using similar templates, with indented %i. I wasn't aware of what
the doc said about it, but I never had the text indented. Always only the
first line of text (with git versions taken every week or so).

Now, I don't mind anymore, as I've switched my way of writing, and stick to
beginning writing text at column 0, whatever the heading level.

But just wanted to confirm you this seems, then, a bug to me (regarding what
the doc promises).

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sébastien Vauban


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Re: Re: %i indentation in capture templates

[Thomas Jack]

2010/8/6 Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>:
> But just wanted to confirm you this seems, then, a bug to me (regarding what
> the doc promises).

Thanks for the confirmation.

The following patch seems to fix the problem:

diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
index 111f7f7..1e407f1 100644
--- a/lisp/org-capture.el
+++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ Lisp programs can force the template by setting
KEYS to a string."
   "Fill a template and return the filled template as a string.
 The template may still contain \"%?\" for cursor positioning."
   (setq template (or template (org-capture-get :template)))
+  (setq initial (or initial (org-capture-get :initial)))
   (when (stringp initial)
     (setq initial (org-no-properties initial))
     (remove-text-properties 0 (length initial) '(read-only t) initial))

Re: Re: %i indentation in capture templates

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 6, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Thomas Jack wrote:

> 2010/8/6 Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>:
>> But just wanted to confirm you this seems, then, a bug to me  
>> (regarding what
>> the doc promises).
>
> Thanks for the confirmation.
>
> The following patch seems to fix the problem:
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
> index 111f7f7..1e407f1 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-capture.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
> @@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ Lisp programs can force the template by setting
> KEYS to a string."
>   "Fill a template and return the filled template as a string.
> The template may still contain \"%?\" for cursor positioning."
>   (setq template (or template (org-capture-get :template)))
> +  (setq initial (or initial (org-capture-get :initial)))
>   (when (stringp initial)
>     (setq initial (org-no-properties initial))
>     (remove-text-properties 0 (length initial) '(read-only t)  
> initial))

Applied, at a slightly different place in that function.

Thanks!

- Carsten