Hi, When using multicharacters keys, if a key definition entry is missing, emacs hangs and must be killed. Example of an offending org-capture-templates definition: (setq org-capture-templates '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/somefile.org" "Tâches") "* TODO %?\n %i\n" :clock-in t :clock-resume t) ("l" "Mail" entry (file+datetree "~/somefile.org" "Divers") "* EMAIL %?\n %i\n" :clock-in t :clock-resume t) ("fm" "some Menu - level 2") ("fmm" "template defintion - level 3 " entry (file+olp "~/somefile.org" "Level 1" "level 2") "* MEETING %?\n %i\n" :clock-in t :clock-resume t) ("fmt" "another template definition - level 3" entry (file+olp "~/ somefile.org" "Level 1" "level 2") "*** TODO %?\n %i\n" :clock-in t :clock-resume t))) The definition of the "f" key is missing. In such case, org-mode should display a message and, do nothing or ignore the offending tree. Emacs : GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin) of 2016-09-17 Package: Org mode version 9.0 (9.0-dist @ /cygdrive/c/Users/re/.emacs.d/site-lisp/org-9.0/lisp/) Regards,