From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Problem with template expansion of previous prompts. Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:17:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87d2y0uu3t.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <877gouu54n.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42825) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmwfN-0008Ga-LT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:17:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmwfI-00033a-2e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:17:17 -0500 Received: from mail-wg0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22a]:48580) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmwfH-00032f-Sk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:17:11 -0500 Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id dr1so2420641wgb.5 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:17:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Michael Baum's message of "Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:18:36 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Michael Baum Cc: aaronecay@gmail.com, emacs-orgmode Hi Michael, Michael Baum 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, -- Bastien