On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Jeff Horn <jrhorn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Russell Adams
> <rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
>> Can you post the relevant section of your config file?
>>
>> I understand you included that template, but the context may help.
>
> No problem! Thanks for your willingness to help, Russell. The relevant
> section is below.
>
> ,----
> | '(org-capture-templates (quote (("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline
> | "~/org/ftr/jeff/notes/tasks.org" "Tasks") "* TODO %? %i %a") ("n"
> | "Note" entry (file+datetree "~/org/ftr/jeff/notes/notes.org") "* %U\\n
> | *%^{Note Title}* %?\\n %i %a"))))
> `----
>
> The variable was set through customize. If I'm reading this correctly,
> it appears that the customize interface is inserting an *additional*
> escape character before the slash. I'd consider this a bug, since this
> was not expected.
Removing the extra escapes fixes the issue.
> Do you know of a way to insert a newline through customize that doesn't
> get escaped automatically when the string is saved?
Manually editing the customize init file and then viewing the variable
through the customize interface reveals the solution: simply press
return when inputting the string. The newline is picked up
automatically.
Thanks for suggesting I look at the config again!
Jeff
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