~org-blank-before-new-entry~ does also not work as expected for me using
~org-capture~. However, I would like to HAVE blank lines for new
entries. But this setting takes only affect within the date tree (see
below):
Emacs -q with the following Customize settings:
;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(org-blank-before-new-entry '((heading . t) (plain-list-item . auto)))
'(org-capture-templates
'(("n" "Note" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/tmp.org") "")
("t" "Task" entry (file+headline "~/tmp.org" "Tasks") ""))))
Produces the following tmp.org (a previously non-existing file):
* 2025
** 2025-05 Mai
*** 2025-05-21 Mittwoch
**** Note 1
[[help:org-blank-before-new-entry]]
**** Note 2
[[help:org-blank-before-new-entry]]
* Tasks
** Task 1
[[help:org-blank-before-new-entry]]
** Task 2
[[help:org-blank-before-new-entry]]
Setting ~org-blank-before-new-entry~ to 'never' via the Customize
interface produces the following code:
;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(org-blank-before-new-entry '((heading) (plain-list-item . auto)))
'(org-capture-templates
'(("n" "Note" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/tmp.org") "")
("t" "Task" entry (file+headline "~/tmp.org" "Tasks") ""))))
Note, the first entry is NOT ~(heading . nil)~, but only ~(heading)~!
This might already fixes OPs problem.
This produces the IMO correct outline in tmp.org:
* 2025
** 2025-05 Mai
*** 2025-05-21 Mittwoch
**** Note 1
**** Note 2
* Tasks
** Task 1
** Task 2
Best
Jonas
Emacs : GNU Emacs 30.1 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2025-02-23
Package: Org mode version 9.7.11 (release_9.7.11 @
c:/Users/XXX/bin/emacs-30.1/share/emacs/30.1/lisp/org/)
