Hi Ian,
Ian Barton writes:
> I want to create a capture template which prompts for certain properties
> in a property draw, but alos creates some other properties without
> prompting for a value. However, I am having trouble mixing properties
> which are entered by the user and blank properties. The following
> example shows what I mean:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun capture-letter-file (path)
>(let ((name (read-string "File name: ")))
> (expand-file-name (format "%s-%s.org"
>(format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d")
>name) path)))
>
> ("z"
> "Letter template"
> plain
> (file (capture-letter-file "~/dropbox/org/org_files/letters"))
> "#+STARTUP: showall indent\n#+STARTUP: hidestars\n#+OPTIONS: H:2
> num:nil tags:nil toc:nil timestamps:nil\n*
> Letter\n:PROPERTIES:\n:to_address:%^{salutation}p %^{to_name}p
> %^{subject}p %^{the_closing}p:END:\n
> ")
>
> #+end_src
> This produces:
>
> #+STARTUP: showall indent
> #+STARTUP: hidestars
> #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:nil tags:nil toc:nil timestamps:nil
> * Letter
> :PROPERTIES:
> :salutation: aaa
> :to_name: bbb
> :subject: ccc
> :the_closing: zzz
> :END:
> :to_address: :END:
>
> Note the two :END: values and the :to_address: is placed outside the
> values for which the user was prompted. I have tried omitting the
> :PROPERTIES: and :END: from the template and letting org create them,
> but still end up with the :to_address: property being placed outside the
> property draw.
Yes, mixing interactive properties and hardcoded ones seem to produce
wrong results. In the meantime, you can use this trick:
("z"
"Letter template"
plain
(capture-letter-file "~/dropbox/org/org_files/letters"))
"#+STARTUP: showall indent\n#+STARTUP: hidestars\n#+OPTIONS: H:2
num:nil tags:nil toc:nil timestamps:nil\n
* Letter\n :PROPERTIES:\n :to_address: %\\1\n :to_name: %\\2\n :subject:
%\\3\n :the_closing: %\\4\n :END:\n
# %^{salutation} %^{to_name} %^{subject} %^{the_closing}
%?")
He bit hackish but should work.
HTH,
--
Bastien
