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From: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New lines (return chracter?) in capture templates
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:34:50 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimrVwT7jtQewvFnvV_EXGyauP_4U7+gzQ97eWmi@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=w0oMDPocMQDGiMUbjJp08FQMOKKa-SdMHkf1w@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Russell Adams
> <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
>> Can you post the relevant section of your config file?
>>
>> I understand you included that template, but the context may help.
>
> No problem! Thanks for your willingness to help, Russell. The relevant
> section is below.
>
> ,----
> |  '(org-capture-templates (quote (("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline
> |  "~/org/ftr/jeff/notes/tasks.org" "Tasks") "* TODO %? %i %a") ("n"
> |  "Note" entry (file+datetree "~/org/ftr/jeff/notes/notes.org") "* %U\\n
> |  *%^{Note Title}* %?\\n %i %a"))))
> `----
>
> The variable was set through customize. If I'm reading this correctly,
> it appears that the customize interface is inserting an *additional*
> escape character before the slash. I'd consider this a bug, since this
> was not expected.

Removing the extra escapes fixes the issue.

> Do you know of a way to insert a newline through customize that doesn't
> get escaped automatically when the string is saved?

Manually editing the customize init file and then viewing the variable
through the customize interface reveals the solution: simply press
return when inputting the string. The newline is picked up
automatically.

Thanks for suggesting I look at the config again!

Jeff

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-23  1:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-17 18:13 New lines (return chracter?) in capture templates Jeff Horn
2010-11-23  0:18 ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-23  0:55 ` Russell Adams
2010-11-23  1:28   ` Jeff Horn
2010-11-23  1:34     ` Jeff Horn [this message]
2010-11-23  1:47       ` Russell Adams
2010-11-23  5:58       ` Carsten Dominik

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