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From: Bruno Cardoso <cardoso.bc@gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] org-capture: %\N template expansion
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 09:37:12 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87le40puvb.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87msogye59.fsf@localhost>


On 2024-05-23, 11:13 +0000, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> That's because you can only use %\N placeholder for %^{prompt} but not
> for %^{prompt}X.
> ...
> We can probably improve the error and the docstring to clarify this.

Thanks for the explanation, Ihor. I expected it to work in both cases, as the property prompt with value completion is very useful. I feel the error and the docstring can be confusing in this regard.

> We may also make %^{prompt}X expansions to work with %\N, but it can
> break the existing templates that are tuned to the current behaviour.

I see. Would it make sense to have another placeholder for '%^{prompt}X'?




  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-23 12:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-23  1:06 [BUG] org-capture: %\N template expansion Bruno Cardoso
2024-05-23 11:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-05-23 12:37   ` Bruno Cardoso [this message]
2024-06-05 11:29     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-06-05 22:58       ` Bruno Cardoso
2024-06-06 15:24         ` Ihor Radchenko

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