Re: Use environment variable for location of templates?

From: Jere McDevitt <jere.mcdevitt@gmail.com>
To: Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Use environment variable for location of templates?
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:19:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d0897c3b0906191719t5ea533b8w263b50f9b6bf25d9@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <211769420906190939w5b608778oec6d1adb739699e1@mail.gmail.com>

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I think the issue is that you need to supply a function to be invoked to
create the file name.

I tested your approach and found if you change the line to use a lambda
function

       ("Work Tasks" ?t "* TODO %U %?\n\n  %i\n  %a" (lambda() (concat
org-directory "tasks.org")))

seems to work.  Make sure that your environment variable ends in a / so the
path is constructed correctly.

Jere

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm a beginner at lisp/emacs, and realize this is a basic question.
>
> I would like to use an environment variable WORKDIR to specify the
> directory whereOh, I'm familiar with the file variables and all, thanks for
> the tip.
>
> Since the org-remember code is written to support files that are not in
> org-mode as targets of remember items, it just seemed to me it shouldn't
> then switch back to assuming it was an org mode file simply because the text
> being inserted resembles a particular type of regexp.
> my remember templates are located.
>
> I would like to have a template located in WORKDIR/tasks.org
>
> Using the code below, when I invoke remember-mode and press "t", I get
> the default
> remember template instead of the WORKDIR/tasks.org.
>
> ;; I can get the value of WORKDIR successfully
> (setq org-directory (getenv "WORKDIR"))
>
> (setq org-remember-templates
>      '(
>        ("Personal" ?p "* %U %?\n\n  %i\n  %a" "~/Documents/personal/
> notes.org")
>        ("Work Tasks" ?t "* TODO %U %?\n\n  %i\n  %a" (concat org-directory
> "tasks.org"))
> ))
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> --Nate
>
>
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