Hi

thank you Adrian so so much, i hugely appreciate this!

this works perfectly now, thx for pointing me in the right direction

have a great week!

Z

On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 3:28 AM, Adrian Bradd <adrian.bradd@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It looks like you have one too many parenthesis around the Rating entry.
> org-global properties is supposed to be a list of cons cells. The below
> should work:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
> (setq org-global-properties '(("Cuisine_ALL". "- Indian Thai Vietnamese
> Asian Chinese Israeli Italian American EastEuro Mexican French Persian
> Austrian Greek Fusion")))
> (add-to-list 'org-global-properties '("Rating_ALL". "- 1 2 3 4 5"))
> #+END_SRC
>
> Below is a version that worked for me with all three properties. I declare
> the properties all in one list instead of adding them.
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
> (setq org-global-properties '(("Cuisine_ALL". "- Indian Thai Vietnamese
> Asian Chinese Israeli Italian American EastEuro Mexican French Persian
> Austrian Greek Fusion") ("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:20 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00
> 4:00 6:00 8:00") ("Rating_ALL" . "- 1 2 3 4 5")))
>
>  (setq org-capture-templates
>   '(("f" "Food"
>     entry
>     (file+headline  "~/tmp/tmp.org" "Inbox")
>     "* COOK %^{Recipe Name}
>     :PROPERTIES:
>     :ID: %(org-id-uuid)
>     :Time: %^{minutes|-|10|15|30|60}
>     :Effort: %^{Effort}p
>     :Rating: %^{Rating}p
>     :Cuisine: %^{Cuisine}p
>     :END:
>     "
>     "Capture Template for food recipe")))
> #+END_SRC
>
> HTH,
>
> Adrian
>
> On 22 November 2017 at 04:52, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> sorry to nudge but after spending alot of time on this , googling etc
>> cant seem to get it to work. any help, tips or pointing me in the right
>> direction would really be appreciated!
>>
>> Z
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 5:31 PM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> sorry to bother again but still stuck with this....
>>>
>>> i tried to add another org-global-property entry (i assume thats
>>> possible) but then i didnt get completion for the second one.
>>> this is what i used
>>>
>>> (setq org-global-properties '(("Cuisine_ALL". "- Indian Thai Vietnamese
>>> Asian Chinese Israeli Italian American EastEuro Mexican French Persian
>>> Austrian Greek Fusion")))
>>> (add-to-list 'org-global-properties '(("Rating_ALL". "- 1 2 3 4 5")))
>>>
>>> can anyone point me to the correct syntax for adding additional
>>> org-global-properties?
>>>
>>> thx alot in advance
>>>
>>> Z
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> thx so much
>>>>
>>>> that works well. i tried to add another org-global-property entry (i
>>>> assume thats possible) but then i didnt get completion for the second one.
>>>> this is what i used
>>>>
>>>> (setq org-global-properties '(("Cuisine_ALL". "- Indian Thai Vietnamese
>>>> Asian Chinese Israeli Italian American EastEuro Mexican French Persian
>>>> Austrian Greek Fusion")))
>>>> (add-to-list 'org-global-properties '(("Rating_ALL". "- 1 2 3 4 5")))
>>>>
>>>> i assume my syntax is wrong?
>>>>
>>>> thx!
>>>>
>>>> Z
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <
>>>> mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> > ;; Effort and global properties
>>>>> > (setq org-global-properties '(("Effort_ALL". "0 0:10 0:20 0:30 1:00
>>>>> 2:00
>>>>> > 3:00 4:00 6:00 8:00")))
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
>>>>> > '("f" "Food"
>>>>> > entry
>>>>> > (file+headline (lambda () (concat pmm "/org/files/agenda/food.org"))
>>>>> > "Inbox")
>>>>> > "* COOK %^{Recipe Name}
>>>>> > :PROPERTIES:
>>>>> > :ID: %(org-id-uuid)
>>>>> > :Effort_ALL: %^{Effort_ALL}p
>>>>> > :END:
>>>>> > "
>>>>> > "Capture Template for food recipe"
>>>>> > ))
>>>>>
>>>>> "XYZ_ALL" is a special property defining allowed values for "XYZ". In
>>>>> you case, you will get completion for "Effort" with:
>>>>>
>>>>>   :Effort: %^{Effort}p
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nicolas Goaziou
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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