Problems with capture in tables

Problems with capture in tables

[Thomas Holst]

Hello,

I am trying to put a line into a table via org capture.

My org file looks like this:
#+begin_src org

* Heading 1

  #+TBLNAME: Testing

  |   | date            | weight |  BMI |
  |---+-----------------+--------+------|
  | # | <2011-05-02 Mo> |     85 | 24.8 |
  | # | <2011-05-03 Di> |     82 | 24.0 |
  |---+-----------------+--------+------|
  | # |                 |    3.0 |  0.9 |
  #+TBLFM: $4=$3/(1.85)^2;%.1f::@4$3=(@I - @II-1);%.1f

#+end_src

My capture template looks like this:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-capture-templates
      '(("x" "Testing" table-line
       (file+headline "c:/temp/TestCaptTbl.org" "Heading 1")
	   "| # | %t | %^{weight} | |" :table-line-pos II-1)))
#+end_src

When I invoke capture I get the following error (backtrace):

: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Capture template `x': stringp")
:   signal(error ("Capture template `x': stringp"))
:   error("Capture template `%s': %s" "x" stringp)
:   byte-code("\301p!\203\x12

Now if I leave `:table-line-pos II-1' out of the template it works fine
but the line is appended at the end. That's obviously not what I want.

Tested this with =emacs -Q=
GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-05-08 on G41R2F1
Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.246.gace72) (local modification to
makefile and org-git-link)
WinXP

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards 

Thomas Holst 

Re: Problems with capture in tables

[Aankhen]

Hi,

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:55, Thomas Holst <thomas.holst@de.bosch.com> wrote:
> I am trying to put a line into a table via org capture.
>
> My org file looks like this:
> [snip]
>
> My capture template looks like this:
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (setq org-capture-templates
>      '(("x" "Testing" table-line
>       (file+headline "c:/temp/TestCaptTbl.org" "Heading 1")
>           "| # | %t | %^{weight} | |" :table-line-pos II-1)))
> #+end_src
>
> When I invoke capture I get the following error (backtrace):
>
> [snip]
>
> Now if I leave `:table-line-pos II-1' out of the template it works fine
> but the line is appended at the end. That's obviously not what I want.
>
> [snip]

As far as I can tell, the value of ‘:table-line-pos’ is supposed to be
a string.  This seems to work for me:

,----
| (setq org-capture-templates
|       '(("x" "Testing" table-line
|          (file+headline "Z:/temp/TestCaptTbl.org" "Heading 1")
|          "| # | %t | %^{weight} | |" :table-line-pos "II-1")))
`----

Hope this helps.
Aankhen

Re: Problems with capture in tables

[Thomas Holst]

Hi Aankhen,

thanks for your answer.
· Aankhen <aankhen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:55, Thomas Holst <thomas.holst@de.bosch.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to put a line into a table via org capture.
>>
>> My org file looks like this:
>> [snip]
>>
>> My capture template looks like this:
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>> (setq org-capture-templates
>>      '(("x" "Testing" table-line
>>       (file+headline "c:/temp/TestCaptTbl.org" "Heading 1")
>>           "| # | %t | %^{weight} | |" :table-line-pos II-1)))
>> #+end_src
>>
>> When I invoke capture I get the following error (backtrace):
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Now if I leave `:table-line-pos II-1' out of the template it works fine
>> but the line is appended at the end. That's obviously not what I want.
>>
>> [snip]
>
> As far as I can tell, the value of ‘:table-line-pos’ is supposed to be
> a string.  This seems to work for me:
>
> ,----
> | (setq org-capture-templates
> |       '(("x" "Testing" table-line
> |          (file+headline "Z:/temp/TestCaptTbl.org" "Heading 1")
> |          "| # | %t | %^{weight} | |" :table-line-pos "II-1")))
> `----
>
> Hope this helps.
> Aankhen

That did the trick - works like a charm! I was shure I tried the string,
but I assume there was a typing error.

Thanks again.

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards 

Thomas Holst