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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:58:38 +0100
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To: Simao <smm@imap.cc>
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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