Re: [HELP} Capture Template

[Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com>]

Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm trying to get a capture template to work, but without luck. Not sure
> what I'm doing wrong, but figured someone on this list could help by
> pointing out my probably obvious error.
>
> The template is
>
>  ("e" "expense" entry
>   (file+headline "~/Documents/org-data/refile.org" "Expenses")
>   "* Expense: %^{Description} :EXPENSE:\n\n | Date | %u |\n | Description | %\1 |\n | Amount | %^{Amount} |\n"
>   :empty-line-after 1)
>
> The problem is with the %\1 expansion. According to the docs, the %\N
> expansion is replaced with the Nth %^{PROMPT} input. i.e. %\1 should be
> the data from the 1st %^{PROMPT} expansion (in this case
> %^{Description}.
>
> The problem is, it isn't. Instead, I get %^A as the result instead of
> the text I enter with the first %^{Description} expansion. The rest of
> the template works fine.
>
> Anyone got any ideas?

What about a further backslash? I.e. use %\\1 instead of %\1?


Ciao, Marco