file+olp problem in org-capture.

file+olp problem in org-capture.

[Tim O'Callaghan]

Hi,

first, am i right i assuming that the file+olp is designed so that i
can specify the top of a tree, and the headings in the tree i want to
be able to capture to?

That is what i am trying to do with the "1" option. It does not
evaluate the concat operation and so fails.

;; constant used in lots of other things.
(defconst toc:ze-org-dir  "~/org/")
;; example org template
(setq org-capture-templates
      '(
;; works
;;  (file+headline "path/to/file" "node headline")
        ("0" "0+inbox" entry
         (file+headline (concat toc:ze-org-dir "0+inbox.org")
"+INBOX") "* %? \n")
;; does not work
;;  (file+olp "path/to/file" "Level 1 heading" "Level 2" ...)
        ("1" "1+projects" entry
         (file+olp (concat toc:ze-org-dir "1+projects.org") "+TASKS"
"+PROJECTS")
         "* ")))


Tim.

Re: file+olp problem in org-capture.

[Erik Iverson]

Tim,

I ran into the exact same issue yesterday, in fact, our
examples are almost identical!

Here is the reply I received from David.
http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg29029.html

I didn't tried his solution yet, but it should work.


On 08/24/2010 03:16 AM, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> first, am i right i assuming that the file+olp is designed so that i
> can specify the top of a tree, and the headings in the tree i want to
> be able to capture to?
>
> That is what i am trying to do with the "1" option. It does not
> evaluate the concat operation and so fails.
>
> ;; constant used in lots of other things.
> (defconst toc:ze-org-dir  "~/org/")
> ;; example org template
> (setq org-capture-templates
>        '(
> ;; works
> ;;  (file+headline "path/to/file" "node headline")
>          ("0" "0+inbox" entry
>           (file+headline (concat toc:ze-org-dir "0+inbox.org")
> "+INBOX") "* %? \n")
> ;; does not work
> ;;  (file+olp "path/to/file" "Level 1 heading" "Level 2" ...)
>          ("1" "1+projects" entry
>           (file+olp (concat toc:ze-org-dir "1+projects.org") "+TASKS"
> "+PROJECTS")
>           "* ")))
>
>
> Tim.
>
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Re: file+olp problem in org-capture.

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi everyone,

this begins to smell like it should be a FAQ entry.... :)

- Carsten

On Aug 24, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Erik Iverson wrote:

> Tim,
>
> I ran into the exact same issue yesterday, in fact, our
> examples are almost identical!
>
> Here is the reply I received from David.
> http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg29029.html
>
> I didn't tried his solution yet, but it should work.
>
>
> On 08/24/2010 03:16 AM, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> first, am i right i assuming that the file+olp is designed so that i
>> can specify the top of a tree, and the headings in the tree i want to
>> be able to capture to?
>>
>> That is what i am trying to do with the "1" option. It does not
>> evaluate the concat operation and so fails.
>>
>> ;; constant used in lots of other things.
>> (defconst toc:ze-org-dir  "~/org/")
>> ;; example org template
>> (setq org-capture-templates
>>       '(
>> ;; works
>> ;;  (file+headline "path/to/file" "node headline")
>>         ("0" "0+inbox" entry
>>          (file+headline (concat toc:ze-org-dir "0+inbox.org")
>> "+INBOX") "* %? \n")
>> ;; does not work
>> ;;  (file+olp "path/to/file" "Level 1 heading" "Level 2" ...)
>>         ("1" "1+projects" entry
>>          (file+olp (concat toc:ze-org-dir "1+projects.org") "+TASKS"
>> "+PROJECTS")
>>          "* ")))
>>
>>
>> Tim.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
>> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
>
>
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- Carsten

Re: file+olp problem in org-capture.

[Bastien]

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> this begins to smell like it should be a FAQ entry.... :)

Indeed!  I added a FAQ entry for this.

This will be in http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php under this headline: 

  "Can I use a variable or a function inside the `org-capture-templates'
  variable?"

-- 
 Bastien