Re: New lines (return chracter?) in capture templates

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Nov 23, 2010, at 2:34 AM, Jeff Horn wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Russell Adams
>> <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
>>> Can you post the relevant section of your config file?
>>>
>>> I understand you included that template, but the context may help.
>>
>> No problem! Thanks for your willingness to help, Russell. The  
>> relevant
>> section is below.
>>
>> ,----
>> |  '(org-capture-templates (quote (("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline
>> |  "~/org/ftr/jeff/notes/tasks.org" "Tasks") "* TODO %? %i %a") ("n"
>> |  "Note" entry (file+datetree "~/org/ftr/jeff/notes/notes.org") "*  
>> %U\\n
>> |  *%^{Note Title}* %?\\n %i %a"))))
>> `----
>>
>> The variable was set through customize. If I'm reading this  
>> correctly,
>> it appears that the customize interface is inserting an *additional*
>> escape character before the slash. I'd consider this a bug, since  
>> this
>> was not expected.
>
> Removing the extra escapes fixes the issue.
>
>> Do you know of a way to insert a newline through customize that  
>> doesn't
>> get escaped automatically when the string is saved?
>
> Manually editing the customize init file and then viewing the variable
> through the customize interface reveals the solution: simply press
> return when inputting the string. The newline is picked up
> automatically.

In the customize interface, you can create a newline in the template  
using C-j or C-o or C-q C-j

- Carsten