Hello, François Allisson <franc...@allisson.co> writes:
> When one uses the following template expansion, > >> %^{prop}p Prompt the user for a value for property ‘prop’. > > it supposes one to supply a non-empty string of characters. If one > simply hits RETURN on a given prompt for property, the capture process > ends with an > >> org-capture: Capture abort: (quit) > > message. This means that all prompts for properties are mandatory. It > this a feature or a bug? I tried reproducing your issue with the following template: ("B" "BUG" entry (file "/tmp/bug-capture.org") "* %?%^{prop}p") However, I cannot reproduce it. > Of course, if I ask the question, it is because I clearly see use cases > for optional properties prompts (which would leave empty the property in > question): you ask for several information, which you don't always have; > and you don't want the capture process to quit because of that. But may > be there is a better way to achieve this? Another problem is: do you want to skip the property altogether, or set it to an empty string? > Org 9.0.10 / Emacs 25.2.1 I suggest to update Org, BTW. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou