On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 at 08:34, Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:
>
> Philip Hudson <phil.hud...@iname.com> writes:
>
> > Why? This is a regression.
>
> You have something in your configuration that no longer works.

Agreed.

> Generally
> speaking, that could be a plain regression, indeed. But you may also
> have been relying on unspecified behavior: this might be a documentation
> bug.

Also agreed.

> I cannot see your template, since you did not send it yet. I assume it
> uses an `entry' type.

No assumption involved. I stated so plainly.

> Barring `plain', all capture types enforce
> a certain structure for contents. The `entry' type expects a node, which
> is roughly a headline plus contents, as noted in the manual:
>
>      ‘entry’
>           An Org mode node, with a headline.  Will be filed as the child
>           of the target entry or as a top-level entry.  The target file
>           should be an Org file.

Agreed, understood, and 100% the case in both my case (I'm afraid
you'll just have to take my word for it) and in the trivial but
effectively illustrative minimal failing case I gave you. Have you
tested that case and confirmed that my report is correct?

> You seem to capture something that doesn't correspond to this
> definition, hence the error.

That is a completely erroneous leap of logic. Try the minimal failing case.

> Note that keywords are global, so you could
> equivalently write:
>
>     * Baz
>     #+FOO: bar

Agreed, understood.

> Maybe the documentation could be clearer, too. Suggestions welcome.

The doco seems fine to me. I relied on it for the definition of my
template, which has worked as expected for years.


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