* Use environment variable for location of templates?
@ 2009-06-19 16:39 Nathan Neff
2009-06-20 0:19 ` Jere McDevitt
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Neff @ 2009-06-19 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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 where
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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2009-06-19 16:39 Use environment variable for location of templates? Nathan Neff
@ 2009-06-20 0:19 ` Jere McDevitt
2009-06-20 2:47 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jere McDevitt @ 2009-06-20 0:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nathan Neff; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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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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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: Use environment variable for location of templates?
2009-06-20 0:19 ` Jere McDevitt
@ 2009-06-20 2:47 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2009-06-20 2:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jere McDevitt; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Jere McDevitt <jere.mcdevitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
Jere is right in general, but for this particular case, the simpler
solution is to use just the file name: org interprets that to mean a
file relative to org-directory:
(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" "tasks.org")
))
Nick
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