On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 02:51:29PM +0200, Bastien wrote: > Toby Cubitt <ts...@cantab.net> writes: > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:57:02AM +0200, Bastien wrote: > >> I've pushed a change to this new feature: > >> http://orgmode.org/w/?p=org-mode.git;a=commit;h=1666b9 > >> > >> Using %n is not good, because it will match many escaped > >> strings that you don't want to match. Using %\n looks > >> good to me as it resonates with \1 in replace-regexp. > >> > >> Toby, let me know if you agree with this change. > > > > I'm fine with it. But I don't understand, what other escapes will it > > match? None of the other % escapes documented in org-capture-templates > > start with a digit, they all start with a letter or punctuation. > > It is not the escapes from the capture template itself, but at the time > the capture buffer is prepared, links go to `org-make-link-string' which > calls `org-link-escape' which might in turn insert "%20" strings.
Ah, I get it now. Your %\n syntax looks to be a good choice. I'll pull your changes and update my org-capture-template setting. Thanks! Toby -- Dr T. S. Cubitt Mathematics and Quantum Information group Department of Mathematics Complutense University Madrid, Spain email: ts...@cantab.net web: www.dr-qubit.org