From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id aCwfM1rDtl9aUAAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:11:22 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id MLX/LlrDtl8lYQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:11:22 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12FD09402C8 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:11:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:32848 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfpKy-0005Nh-TD for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:11:20 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41868) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfpKB-0005Mg-1L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:10:31 -0500 Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214]:42998 helo=ciao.gmane.io) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfpK9-0002Or-F2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:10:30 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kfpK6-0000bz-3z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:10:26 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org From: Marco Wahl Subject: Re: [HELP} Capture Template Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:10:15 +0100 Message-ID: <87d0092meg.fsf@gmail.com> References: <875z61qjde.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4GcPyAwvp6kI7h8/4q+7kC5C59I= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geo-emacs-orgmode@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: 5 X-Spam_score: 0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD=1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed), No valid DKIM" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.41 X-TUID: MADCIu0tvVMv Tim Cross writes: > I'm trying to get a capture template to work, but without luck. Not sure > what I'm doing wrong, but figured someone on this list could help by > pointing out my probably obvious error. > > The template is > > ("e" "expense" entry > (file+headline "~/Documents/org-data/refile.org" "Expenses") > "* Expense: %^{Description} :EXPENSE:\n\n | Date | %u |\n | Description | %\1 |\n | Amount | %^{Amount} |\n" > :empty-line-after 1) > > The problem is with the %\1 expansion. According to the docs, the %\N > expansion is replaced with the Nth %^{PROMPT} input. i.e. %\1 should be > the data from the 1st %^{PROMPT} expansion (in this case > %^{Description}. > > The problem is, it isn't. Instead, I get %^A as the result instead of > the text I enter with the first %^{Description} expansion. The rest of > the template works fine. > > Anyone got any ideas? What about a further backslash? I.e. use %\\1 instead of %\1? Ciao, Marco