see here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8037953/org-mode-how-to-correctly-capture-email-addresses
On 2011-11-06, at 11:49 , Marius Hofert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to capture contacts (name, email,..) with org-mode and thus
> setup the following in .emacs:
>
> (setq org-capture-templates
> '(("t" "TODO in ~/org/agenda.org -> Tasks" entry (file+headline
> "~/org/agenda.org" "Tasks")
> "* TODO %?\nSCHEDULED: %^t\n%U %a")
> ("c" "Contact in ~/org/contacts.org -> Contact" entry (file+headline
> "~/org/contacts.org" "Contact")
> "* %?%(org-contacts-template-name) %^g
> :PROPERTIES:
> :EMAIL: %(org-contacts-template-email)
> :URL:
> :WORK:
> :HOME:
> :MOBILE:
> :LOCATION:
> :BIRTHDAY:
> :NOTE:
> :END:")))
>
> I can easily capture contacts with C-c c c, it prompts for the name, a tag,
> and the email address. However, instead of an output like
>
> * My contact :my.tag:
> :PROPERTIES:
> :EMAIL: my.cont...@my.mail.com
> :URL:
> :WORK:
> :HOME:
> :MOBILE:
> :LOCATION:
> :BIRTHDAY:
> :NOTE:
> :END:
>
> I obtain:
>
> * My contact :my.tag:
> :PROPERTIES:
> :EMAIL:
> :URL:
> :WORK:
> :HOME:
> :MOBILE:
> :LOCATION:
> :BIRTHDAY:
> :NOTE:
> :EMAIL: my.cont...@my.mail.com
> :END:
>
> So the problem is that the first :EMAIL: is ignored and instead a second
> :EMAIL: is inserted before :END:. How can I obtain the correct output (as
> described above)?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marius
