Richard Lawrence <richard.lawre...@berkeley.edu> writes:
> Try this: in your .emacs, add the following code:
>
> (defun prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase ()
> (upcase (read-string "Last name: ")))
>
> This defines a function that will prompt the user to type a last name
> into the minibuffer, converts the result into uppercase, and returns it
> as a string.
>
> Then, in your capture template, change "%^{LASTNAME}" to
> "%(prompt-for-lastname-and-upcase)".
By the way, if you need to do the same thing for other fields, you can
do something like this instead:
(defun prompt-and-upcase (prompt-str)
(upcase (read-string prompt-str)))
This generalizes the original function I gave you; you can pass in a
prompt string.
Then, in your capture template, wherever you need an uppercase field:
%(prompt-and-upcase "Whatever prompt you need: ")
e.g.,
%(prompt-and-upcase "Last name: ")
Best,
Richard
