Hi I have the following capture template: ,---- | ("T" "TODO to be logged in notes.org" | entry (file+headline (concat org-directory "/notes.org") "Tasks") | ;; entry (file+headline "~/org/notes.org" "Tasks") | "* TODO [#D] \n%i \n:PROPERTIES: \n:END: \n%? \n%a") `---- As it is now, it is not working, but when I use the secont=d entry line, it is working. But: ,---- | (concat org-directory "/notes.org") | "~/org/notes.org" `---- So why is the first version (which I prefer as the path is not hard coded) not working anymore? ,---- | GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0, Carbon Version 157 AppKit 1404.47) of 2016-09-19 | Org-mode version 8.3.6 (release_8.3.6-1149-g582233 @ /Users/rainerkrug/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/) `---- Backtrace: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Target buffer \".notes\" for file+headline should be in Org mode") signal(error ("Target buffer \".notes\" for file+headline should be in Org mode")) error("Target buffer \"%s\" for file+headline should be in Org mode" #) (if (derived-mode-p (quote org-mode)) nil (error "Target buffer \"%s\" for file+headline should be in Org mode" (current-buffer))) (let ((hd (nth 2 target))) (goto-char (point-min)) (if (derived-mode-p (quote org-mode)) nil (error "Target buffer \"%s\" for file+headline should be in Org mode" (current-buffer))) (if (re-search-forward (format org-complex-heading-regexp-format (regexp-quote hd)) nil t) (goto-char (point-at-bol)) (goto-char (point-max)) (or (bolp) (insert "\n")) (insert "* " hd "\n") (beginning-of-line 0))) (cond ((eq (car target) (quote file)) (set-buffer (org-capture-target-buffer (nth 1 target))) (org-capture-put-target-region-and-position) (widen) (setq target-entry-p nil)) ((eq (car target) (quote id)) (let ((loc (org-id-find (nth 1 target)))) (if (not loc) (error "Cannot find target ID \"%s\"" (nth 1 target)) (set-buffer (org-capture-target-buffer (car loc))) (widen) (org-capture-put-target-region-and-position) (goto-char (cdr loc))))) ((eq (car target) (quote file+headline)) (set-buffer (org-capture-target-buffer (nth 1 target))) (org-capture-put-target-region-and-position) (widen) (let ((hd (nth 2 target))) (goto-char (point-min)) (if (derived-mode-p (quote org-mode)) nil (error "Target buffer \"%s\" for file+headline should be in Org mode" (current-buffer))) (if (re-search-forward (format org-complex-heading-regexp-format (regexp-quote hd)) nil t) (goto-char (point-at-bol)) (goto-char (point-max)) (or (bolp) (insert "\n")) (insert "* " hd "\n") (beginning-of-line 0)))) ((eq (car target) (quote file+olp)) (let ((m (org-find-olp (cons (org-capture-expand-file ...) (cdr ...))))) 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(quote function))) ((error quit) (if (and ... ...) (kill-buffer ...)) (set-window-configuration (org-capture-get :return-to-wconf)) (error "Capture template `%s': %s" (org-capture-get :key) (nth 1 error)))) (if (and (derived-mode-p (quote org-mode)) (org-capture-get :clock-in)) (condition-case nil (progn (if ... ...) (org-clock-in) (set ... t)) (error "Could not start the clock in this capture buffer"))) (if (org-capture-get :immediate-finish) (org-capture-finalize)))))) (cond ((equal goto (quote (4))) (org-capture-goto-target)) ((equal goto (quote (16))) (org-capture-goto-last-stored)) (t (let* ((orig-buf (current-buffer)) (annotation (if (and (boundp ...) org-capture-link-is-already-stored) (plist-get org-store-link-plist :annotation) (condition-case nil (progn ...) 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(error "Capture abort: %s" error))) (setq org-capture-clock-keep (org-capture-get :clock-keep)) (if (equal goto 0) (org-capture-insert-template-here) (condition-case error (org-capture-place-template ...) (... ... ... ...)) (if (and ... ...) (condition-case nil ... ...)) (if (org-capture-get :immediate-finish) (org-capture-finalize)))))))) org-capture(nil) funcall-interactively(org-capture nil) call-interactively(org-capture nil nil) command-execute(org-capture) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Rainer -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: Rainer@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982