Re: [BUG] Warning on executing keyboard macro that inserts time-stamp [9.6.27 ( @ /home/punit/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.6.27/)]

[Punit Arya <arya.punit@gmail.com>]

On 2024-05-17 17:20, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Punit Arya <arya.punit@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> This is an EMACS keyboard macro that I've been using since more than 4-5
>> years now.
>>
>> (global-set-key [24 11 48] 'my-insert-timestamp)  ;; It translates to
>> the key sequence: C-x C-k 0
>>
>> Its definition is:
>>
>> (fset 'my-insert-timestamp
>>      (kmacro-lambda-form [?* ?\C-u ?\M-! ?p ?r ?i ?n ?t ?f ?  ?\" ?% ?\(
>> ?% ?F ?  ?% ?T ?\) ?T ?\" ?* ?\C-m ?\C-e ?\C-m ?\C-m] 0 "%d"))
>>
>> Which basically means to to execute the key sequence: C-u M-! printf
>> "%(%F %T)".  This in turn executes the command to insert the time-stamp
>> at point's location.
>>
>> This macro does execute and the time-stamp does get printed, but I also
>> get a Warning pop-up in the EMACS frame as a window.
> 
> Thanks for reporting!
> Unfortunately, I am unable to reproduce this on my side because C-u M-!
> printf ... command does not work with my shell:
> 
> /bin/bash: line 1: printf: warning: `': invalid time format specification
> /bin/bash: line 1: printf: `T': invalid format character
> %(0.000000
> 
> May you try to use the development version of Org mode and let me know
> if you keep seeing the warning?
> 

Sorry, I missed the "T" there in the command.  The whole command is:

printf "%(%F %T)T"

I'm working on setting up the Org mode dev environment.  Will try to 
reproduce in that environment and update.