Yup; I just tried the git snapshot of 23 Feb and it's working. Thanks!! Cheers. Fil On 22 February 2011 04:15, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 1:39 AM, Filippo A. Salustri wrote: > > > Thanks to everyone for the varied and thoughtful responses. I didn't > think of backquotes, but I know about them from Scheme, and no, they > shouldn't work in this case. > > > > Very frustrating. org-capture clearly has the original buffer handy (for > %a stuff) yet I can't get it out of there without hacking the org code, > which I am loathe to do. Hmmm. I'll think some more. If I come up with > anything; I'll report it. > > I have just implemented that whenever you mean a file name > in capture templates, you can instead give a function, a > variable, or a lisp form. So your original attempt > > >> ("m" "Message" entry (file+datetree (buffer-file-name > >> (buffer-base-buffer))) "* MSG @ %U %?\n %a") > > should now work. > > Hope this helps > > - Carsten > > > > > Cheers. > > Fil > > > > 2011/2/21 Sébastien Vauban > > Hi Richard, > > > > Richard Lawrence wrote: > > > Sébastien Vauban writes: > > >> "Filippo A. Salustri" wrote: > > >>> I would really like to be able to vary the file into which a captured > item > > >>> goes. Specifically, I'd like to insert the item into whatever file I > was > > >>> visiting when I started the capture. > > > > > >> You have to use backquotes so that expressions are considered as code > to > > >> execute, instead of data. See Emacs manual. > > > > > > I'm not sure that backquotes will do what the OP wants. Backquotes will > > > allow the OP to compute the value of a target file at the time the > (setq > > > org-capture templates ...) form is evaluated. The OP needs a way to > > > determine the target file at the time of capture (right?), not at the > time > > > the variable is set. > > > > You're definitely right. I missed the distinction "at Org launch time" vs > "at > > execution time"... Pull my answer off the records ;-) > > > > Best regards, > > Seb > > > > -- > > Sébastien Vauban > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > > > > > > -- > > Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. > > Mechanical and Industrial Engineering > > Ryerson University > > 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON > > M5B 2K3, Canada > > Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 > > Fax: 416/979-5265 > > Email: salustri@ryerson.ca > > http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > - Carsten > > > > -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salustri@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/