Re: Capture template using variable

[Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at>]

Hi Kaushal!

* Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Try
>
> (setq my-capture-template-next "* NEXT %?\n:PROPERTIES:\n:CREATED:
> %U\n:END:\n\n")
>
> (setq org-capture-templates
>       `(  ; Note the backquote here!!
>         ("1" "first version with string" entry (file+headline
> "~/share/all/org-mode/misc.org" "shorts")
>          "* NEXT %?\n:PROPERTIES:\n:CREATED: %U\n:END:\n\n" :empty-lines 1)
>         ("2" "second version with variable" entry (file+headline
> "~/share/all/org-mode/misc.org" "shorts")
>          ,my-capture-template-next :empty-lines 1) ; and comma before
> my-capture-..
>        ))
>
> My guess is you need to evaluate my-capture-template-next before putting it
> in org-capture-templates and the backquote/comma above do that.

Oh, I see. I'm not that good with Elisp yet.

Unfortunately, adding the comma did not make the "Invalid capture
template" go away :-( This does not seem to be my (only) issue here...

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