Re: problem with org-capture

[Charles Millar <millarc@verizon.net>]

On 12/03/2015 04:02 AM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Charles Millar <millarc@verizon.net> writes:
>
>> I think it is still broken in another way
>>
>> my template for capturing time as I work on a files -
>>
>>              ("s" "timeslip" table-line
>>               (file "/mnt/Data/ActiveFiles/EmacsFiles/timeslips.org")
>>               "\| %(org-read-date)\| %^{FileName} %i\| %^{Narrative}
>> %i\| %^{Time} %i\| %^{Expense} %i"
>>
>> Last week the prompt org-read-date would pull up the calendar first;
>> now the template jumps first to FileName, then Narrative,then Time,
>> then Expense, then back to org-read-date.
> Well, this one is to be expected. S-exp placeholders are evaluated only
> once. This currently happens at the end of the process because some
> users do
>
>    %(do-stuff "%i")
>
> Here you want it to happen at the beginning of the process, which is not
> quite compatible with the behaviour above.
>
> I guess we could check if the S-exp contains any placeholder to decide
> if it should be evaluated at the beginning or the end of the process,
> but that somehow sounds cheesy.
OK; however, why should this change within the past few days (at least 
in my case)? I have been using this template for over three and I 
believe four years and the calendar prompt always started first, not last.
>> After C-c C-c there is anywhere 5 to 20 second delay.
> I'm not sure this is related to the change. Could you use
> elp-intrument-package and post the details?
>
>
You are right, it's not.

Charlie