From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Mason Subject: Re: "Invalid capture target specification" Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:43:55 -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=49051 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ObHnN-0000wz-Sz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:44:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObHnM-0001JU-6K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:44:01 -0400 Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:58885) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObHnM-0001JF-47 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:44:00 -0400 Received: by gwb1 with SMTP id 1so3673417gwb.0 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:43:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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 2:30 PM, Dave Mason wrote: > 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 > So I suppose the issue here is that org-capture-import-remember-templates didn't work for me - though after I did it I viewed them with customize-variable and they all seemed to be in order. Guess I will need to recreate them. Thanks for your help. Dave