Re: org-capture-templates with multi charachter keys

[Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>]

Hello,

"tenspd137 ." <dcday137@gmail.com> writes:

> (setq org-capture-templates
>       '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline (concat org-directory
> "/default.org") "Tasks")
>          "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
>         ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree (concat org-directory
> "/journal.org"))
>          "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")
>         ;;product stuff - I would like to move these to files and have
>         ;;them loaded - maybe in the future
>         ("bf" "Bluefin Todo" entry (file+headline (concat
> org-directory "/bluefin.org") "Tasks")
>          "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")))
>
> the last one I am using "bf" as a key.  When I go to use org capture,
> the following is shown in the menu
>
> Select a capture template
> ===================
>
> [t] Todo
> [j] Journal
> [bf] Bluefin Todo
> ----------------------------------------
> [C] Customize org-capture-templates
> [q]  Abort
>
> but when I hit b (as in bf), the mini-buffer just says invalid key `b'
>
> How do I use multiple keys?

I think you're missing this bit from org-capture-templates's docstring:

    When using several keys, keys using the same prefix key must be
    together in the list and preceded by a 2-element entry explaining
    the prefix key, for example

            ("b" "Templates for marking stuff to buy")


--
Kyle