Jere McDevitt <jere.mcdev...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the issue is that you need to supply a function to be invoked > to create the file name. > > I tested your approach and found if you change the line to use a > lambda function > > ("Work Tasks" ?t "* TODO %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" (lambda() (concat > org-directory "tasks.org"))) > > seems to work. Make sure that your environment variable ends in a / > so the path is constructed correctly. > > Jere > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm a beginner at lisp/emacs, and realize this is a basic question. > > I would like to use an environment variable WORKDIR to specify the > directory whereOh, I'm familiar with the file variables and all, thanks > for the tip. > > Since the org-remember code is written to support files that are > not in org-mode as targets of remember items, it just seemed to me > it shouldn't then switch back to assuming it was an org mode file > simply because the text being inserted resembles a particular type > of regexp. my remember templates are located. > > I would like to have a template located in WORKDIR/tasks.org > > Using the code below, when I invoke remember-mode and press "t", I get > the default > remember template instead of the WORKDIR/tasks.org. > > ;; I can get the value of WORKDIR successfully > (setq org-directory (getenv "WORKDIR")) > > (setq org-remember-templates > '( > ("Personal" ?p "* %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" > "~/Documents/personal/notes.org") > ("Work Tasks" ?t "* TODO %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" (concat org-directory > "tasks.org")) > )) > > Any help would be appreciated. >
Jere is right in general, but for this particular case, the simpler solution is to use just the file name: org interprets that to mean a file relative to org-directory: (setq org-directory (getenv "WORKDIR")) (setq org-remember-templates '( ("Personal" ?p "* %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" "~/Documents/personal/notes.org") ("Work Tasks" ?t "* TODO %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" "tasks.org") )) Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode