Took the suggestion to run edebug.
A couple of observations:

1) CAPTURE-journal buffer opens around line 485 but is is killed shortly after
without the user (me) doing anything (just spacebar to step thru the code)

         (if (and (buffer-base-buffer (current-buffer))
              (string-match "\\`CAPTURE-" (buffer-name)))
         (kill-buffer (current-buffer))) ;killed here

2) Then later
The defen stops around line 491 of org-capture.el
         (error "Capture template `%s': %s"
            (org-capture-get :key)
            (nth 1 error))))

Any insight?

Thanks

Mike

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> wrote:
This part works as described:

"start capture, I get another window where
I'm presented with an "*Org Select*" buffer that offers me the available choices"

However, this part does not work as expected:
"when I select one of those I select one of those, I get a "CAPTURE-foo.org" buffer"

I would expect:
A) new buffer would be created
and
B) EMACS would switch to it
and
C) Some message with value to the user

B and C do not happen.  A happens but I need to manually switch to it

I get a message that has little value:
    "Capture template `j': org-called-interactively-p"

I have never used the working version of capture (this is it), but I have used
remember a little and seem to recall it gives a message something
like "C-c C-c" to finish.  I don't get any thing like this.

This makes me think that a defun stopped somewhere that it was
non designed to.

The buffer that is created is and I an able to switch to is journal.org. 
This does not seem like a temp buffer, rather it seems like the final destination.

Whatever defun sends "Capture template `j': org-called-interactively-p"
seems to have stopped abnormally.

This is my org setup near the top of my .emacs

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org/org-7.8.11/contrib/lisp/")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org/org-7.8.11/lisp/")
(require 'org-install)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
(define-key global-map "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(setq org-log-done t)

(setq org-capture-templates

      '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/gtd.org" "Tasks")
             "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a")
        ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
             "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")))

;org-capture binding
;(global-set-key "\C-c-c" 'org-capture)
(global-set-key [(control c) (c)] 'org-capture)


Does this look OK?

Thanks

Mike


On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
Mike Fitzgerald <mikef656@gmail.com> wrote:

> To duplicate:
>

I haven't tried specifically to duplicate your setup but org-capture
seems to work fine here.

> 1) Run org-capture with C-c c
> 2) User is Promoted with the two templates expected 
> (copied the templates from the org-mode site)
>
> 3) Enter j for journal
> 4) Expect switch to new buffer
> 5) No switch occurs

So what happens instead? If I start capture, I get another window where
I'm presented with an "*Org Select*" buffer that offers me the available
choices and when I select one of those, I get a "CAPTURE-foo.org" buffer
for some value of "foo".  This is actually an indirect buffer and the
text should be inserted into the target location already, so you can
look at ~/org/journal.org (or whatever) and see that it contains the
partial entry just started.  See the description of org-capture: C-h f
org-capture RET.

If I were you, I'd probably use edebug to step through the org-capture
function (and I'd forget about byte compiling anything until whatever
problem you have is identified and solved).

HTH,
Nick

> Note that journal.org is open, but I need to switch to it
>
> I expected EMACS to switch to a new buffer after choosing
> the template.
>
> Running GNU EMACS 23.3 on Win7
>
> Org mode update byte compiled by hand (without make) using
>  
>    (defun my/compile-org(&optional directory)
>      "Compile all *.el files that come with org-mode."
>      (interactive)
>    ;Found on a org-mode related page.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
> Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and
> what in fact did happen.  You don't know how to make a good report?  See
>
>      http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback
>
> Your bug report will be posted to the Org-mode mailing list.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600)
>  of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO
> Package: Org-mode version 7.8.11
>
> current state:
> ==============
> (setq
>  org-log-done 'time
>  org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars)
>  org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook)
>  org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
>  org-capture-templates '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/gtd.org" "Tasks")
>               "* TODO %?\n  %i\n  %a")
>              ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
>               "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")
>              )
>  org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
>  org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default
>  org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe
>               org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe)
>  org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
>  org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
>  org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers)
>  org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
>  org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
>  org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines
>           org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
>  org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers)
>  org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
>            [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5]
>          #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
>            [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5]
>          org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
>  org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
>  org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
>  org-export-interblocks '((src org-babel-exp-non-block-elements))
>  org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
>  org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
>  org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code)
>  org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc
> org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames
>                    org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists)
>  org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
>  org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-block nil)
>              (export-comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t)
>              (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil))
>  )
>
>
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