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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
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
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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