Problem with template expansion of previous prompts.

Problem with template expansion of previous prompts.

[Michael Baum]

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This syntax in capture templates does not seem to be working for me, and I
can't figure out why:

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%\n         Insert the text entered at the nth %^{prompt}, where n is
               a number, starting from 1.
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I'm using it like this:

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("a" "Addressbook templates")
("af" "Addressbook - family" entry (file+headline org-addressbook-file
"Family")
"* %^{First name} %^{Middle name} %^{Last name}
:PROPERTIES:
:FIRSTNAME: %\1
:MIDDLENAME: %\2
:LASTNAME: %\3
:ADDRESS-H: %^{Home address}
:HOMEPHONE: %^{Home phone}
usw.
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But instead of the template filling in the second reference with the values
entered for, eg., {First name}, I get, (also eg.) %^A (and the ^A is
highlighted, maybe a control character?)

Has this syntax maybe changed in a way not reflected in the manual?

Using org-mode 7.9.2 on GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+
Version 3.4.4)
 of 2012-10-10 on build20.

maab

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Michael Baum <maabaum@gmail.com>

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Re: Problem with template expansion of previous prompts.

[Aaron Ecay]

You need to escape the backslash inside the string, I think.  "\1" is
interpreted as a string consisting of one character, the ASCII character
with hex code 0x01, which happens to be C-a.  "\\1" is a 2-character
string: backslash, then one.

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Aaron Ecay

Re: Problem with template expansion of previous prompts.

[Michael Baum]

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Yes, you're correct, Aaron, thanks. Apparently the secondary substitutions
only get processed after all the questions are asked and the template is
written out to the temp buffer. So the backslash has to be escaped to
survive the first round of substitutions.

I kind of feel that this should be stated more explicitly in the manual. IN
BOLD TYPE.

maabaum

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com> wrote:

> You need to escape the backslash inside the string, I think.  "\1" is
> interpreted as a string consisting of one character, the ASCII character
> with hex code 0x01, which happens to be C-a.  "\\1" is a 2-character
> string: backslash, then one.
>
> --
> Aaron Ecay
>



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Michael Baum <maabaum@gmail.com>

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out
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Re: Problem with template expansion of previous prompts.

[Bastien]

Hi Michael,

Michael Baum <maabaum@gmail.com> writes:

> Yes, you're correct, Aaron, thanks. Apparently the secondary
> substitutions only get processed after all the questions are asked
> and the template is written out to the temp buffer. So the backslash
> has to be escaped to survive the first round of substitutions.
>
> I kind of feel that this should be stated more explicitly in the
> manual. IN BOLD TYPE.

Can you suggest something more precise?  Or send a patch?
We will not use uppercase warnings, but we may try to be more
explicit.

Thanks,

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 Bastien