I noticed a regression in the capture functionality after upgrading org.
Capture fails with error in subj
Here is a simple config to reproduce the problem and a patch that fixes it.
emacs -q -l capfail.el
Best,
Alex
From ac50a5300e35d7abd5f50317069b2a795fde4ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Kosorukoff <a...@3form.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:56:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix org-capture error "The mark is not set now, so there is no region"
---
lisp/org.el | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index dc4f2cc..bc5a69e 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -14611,7 +14611,7 @@ When JUST-ALIGN is non-nil, only align tags.
When JUST-ALIGN is 'ignore-column, align tags without trying to set
the column by ignoring invisible text."
(interactive "P")
- (if (and (org-region-active-p) org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region)
+ (if (and (mark t) (org-region-active-p) org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region)
(let ((cl (if (eq org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region 'start-level)
'region-start-level 'region))
org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region)
--
1.7.0.4
;; capfail.el org-mode capture failure when region is active
;; $ emacs -q -l capfail.el
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/org/lisp")
(require 'org)
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("t" "Todo" entry (file "test.org")
"* TODO Test %^g\n %?")))
(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c c") 'org-capture)
(find-file "test.org")
(insert
"Select some text to make a region, then try C-c c t\ntest\n"
"Emacs 23.1.1/23.3.1/24.1/24.2 & Org-mode version 8.2.6 result:\n"
"Capture abort: (error: The mark is not set now, so there is no region)\n")
(provide 'capfail)
