Re: Advanced capture template using Elisp functions: void-function/void-variable

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

Hi!

Phil obviously did not want to embarrass me in public so he wrote me
an email which pointed me to my simple error: a typo "promt" instead
of "prompt" in the function name.

* Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> wrote:
>
> However, when I am using this capture definition, I end up with
> lots of "void-function" and "void-variable". Probably I have an escaping issue.
>
> ,----
>| (defun my-capture-prompt (prompt variable)
>|   "PROMPT for string, save it to VARIABLE and insert it."
>|   (make-local-variable variable)
>|   (set variable (read-string (concat prompt ": ") nil my-capture-promt-history)))

At this point, I know how to type "prompt" in a proper way.

>| (defun my-capture-insert (variable)
>|   "Insert content of VARIABLE."
>|   (symbol-value variable))

Phil remarks that this is equivalent to eval() which I can't confirm
with my limited Elisp knowledge.

> Then I created a variable holding the complex template string:
>
> ,----
>|   (setq my-capture-template-r6story "** TODO [[IPD:%(my-capture-promt \"IPD number\" 'my-ipd)]] %(my-capture-promt \"Story title\" 'my-title) [1/11]                         :US_%(my-capture-promt \"Short title\" 'my-short-title):
[...]

prompt, prompt, prompt, prompt, prompt, prompt.

Sorry for the fuzz. However, you might be pointed to a clever way
for capture templates.

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