Hi again

once again really appreciate the answer and apologize in advance for my
limited grasp of coding. so i managed i think to follow your example and
now have this as my capture template

(setq org-capture-templates nil)
(setq org-capture-templates-contexts nil)


(add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
'("f" "Food"
entry
(file+headline (concat pmm "/org/files/agenda/food.org") "Inbox")
"* COOK %^{Recipe Name}
:PROPERTIES:
:ID: %(org-id-uuid)
:Time: %^{minutes|%s}
:type: %^{Type?|%s}
:END:


%^{prompt|*** Ingredients}
%?
%^{prompt|*** Preparation}

"

(mapconcat #'identity '("1" "2" "3" "4" "5") "|")
(mapconcat #'identity '("Indian" "Thai" "Vietnamese" "Asian" "Chinese") "|")


"Capture Template for food recipe"
))


yet i only get offered a %s as a option and not the string in my capture
process.

im sure my syntax is way off, can anyone stir me in the right direction?

best

Z

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > thx Nicolas
> >
> > really appreciate your answer! though im very week in coding so im
> > struggling to understand. but perhaps an example will help. the following
> > is a part of my capture:
> >
> > (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
> > '("ff" "Food"
> > entry
> > (file+headline (concat pmm "/org/files/agenda/food.org") "Inbox")
> > "* COOK %^{Recipe Name}
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :ID: %(org-id-uuid)
> > :Time: %^{minutes|-|10|15|30|60}
> > :Rating: %^{rating?|-|1|2|3|4|5}
> > :Source:  %x
> > :Cuisine:
> > %^{Cuisine?|-|Indian|Thai|Vietnamese|Asian|Chinese|
> Israeli|Italian|American|EastEuro|Mexican|French|Persian|Austrian}
> > :Type: %^{Type?|-|main|side|starter|sweets|drinks|sauce|breakfast}
> > :Main.ing:
> >  %^{main.ing?|-|chicken|beef|potatos|fish|seafood|shrimp|
> rice|pasta|fruit}
> > :Serves: %^{Serves?|-|1|2|4|6|8}
> > :END:
> >
> > %^{prompt|*** Ingredients}
> > %?
> > %^{prompt|*** Preparation}
> >
> > "
> > "Capture Template for food recipe"
> > ))
> >
> >
> > so do i need a separate  mapconcat #'number-to-string for each property
> > value (time,type etc?)
>
> Yes, you do. However, #'number-to-string is only useful if you're
> inserting numbers. I think you can use the more general
> #'prin1-to-string everywhere instead, e.g.,
>
>   (mapconcat #'prin1-to-string '(Indian Thai Vietnamese Asian Chinese) "|")
>
> or even, using strings
>
>   (mapconcat #'identity '("Indian" "Thai" "Vietnamese" "Asian" "Chinese")
> "|")
>
> > and how dows the %s know which mapconcat command to refer to?
>
> The are processed by order. The first "%s" refers to the first
> mapconcat, the second "%s" to the second mapconcat, and so on...
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou                                                0x80A93738
>