From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Mason Subject: Re: "Invalid capture target specification" Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:21 -0400 Message-ID: References: <11539.1279649602@alphaville.usa.hp.com> Reply-To: dcm@bronto.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44034 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ObHaC-0004jo-AY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObHaA-00071q-KG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:24 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:63052) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObHaA-00071d-HN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:22 -0400 Received: by iwn2 with SMTP id 2so7545850iwn.0 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:30:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <11539.1279649602@alphaville.usa.hp.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Dave Mason wrote: > >> I'm trying to get the new org-capture set up. I did as the docs suggest >> and imported my remember templates - then I removed the remember >> elements from my .emacs except for making the C-cr keystroke point to >> capture. >> >> However, now when I M-x org-capture - I get "Invalid capture target >> specification" error. >> >> I don't understand the message - help? >> >> > > org-capture tried to figure out where the capture should be stored > (which file, which headline etc) and failed (in the function > org-capture-set-target-location). > > Probably an error in your spec for org-capture-templates. Do > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 C-h v org-capture-templates > > and post the value you get. Oh, interesting - it says the value is nil Dave