Re: problem with org-capture

[Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> Hello again,
>
> at the risk of again raising an issue that is actually my fault :-(, I
> am having a problem with org-capture.  I have been using the same
> templates for yonks but, all of a sudden, my templates don't work.  For
> instance,
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   (setq org-capture-templates
>         '(("t" "todo" entry (file+datetree "~/s/notes/tasks.org")
>            "* TODO %^{Task} %^G\nSCHEDULED: %t\n%i%?")))
> #+end_src
>
> I do not get prompted for the task nor asked for tags.
>
> I do see that there have been changes recently to org-capture and a few
> emails flying by regarding recursive captures but I didn't think they
> applied to my use cases...  I could be wrong.
>
> Any pointers to what I need to change to get things working again would
> be most welcome!

I can confirm this bug. None of the prompt shortcuts work in capture
templates. For instance, the following capture template...

(setq org-capture-templates
      '(("a" "Appointment" entry
                 (file "~/org/inbox.org") "* %^{Appt}\n %^t%?\n %U\n %i")))

...simply inserts the following in a buffer without any prompts or
expansion...

* %^{Appt}
 %^t
 [2015-12-01 Tue 14:51]

The problematic commit is the one having to do with recursive todos:

bd3a2cbf2f69d4de5ad7d41893bf418e91c23fb2

Best,
Matt