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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Louis Chan <louisch@hacari.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: `org-capture-templates' file+headline target does not accept string variable [8.2.10 (8.2.10-elpa @ c:/Users/louis/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20141013/)]
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:37:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vbnm4cbg.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <543D7129.40801@hacari.com> (Louis Chan's message of "Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:53:29 +0100")

Hello,

Louis Chan <louisch@hacari.com> writes:

> Having a template inside `org-capture-templates`, which uses the
> file+headline target, with a string variable as its third argument (the
> node headline), makes the command `org-capture` fail (specifically, when
> selecting this particular template that uses this target).
> The heading I have chosen, "Tasks", does exist within the file selected
> within the template. When I use a variable that contains the string
> "Tasks", the command fails. However, when I use the literal string
> "Tasks" instead, the command succeeds and works fine.

Nothing, in the manual or in `org-capture-templates' docstring, pretends
that variables are supported there. You are expected to provide
a string. I don't see any bug here.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou

      reply	other threads:[~2014-10-14 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-14 18:53 Bug: `org-capture-templates' file+headline target does not accept string variable [8.2.10 (8.2.10-elpa @ c:/Users/louis/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20141013/)] Louis Chan
2014-10-14 20:37 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]

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