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I use org mode and its capture functionality for capturing notes and tasks on the go. My capture code looks like this:

(setq org-capture-templates '((
     "n"                                ; key
     "Make a note in p.abc.org "        ; description
     entry                              ; type
     (file+headline "p.abc.org" "logg") ; target
     "* %^{Note} :NOTE:          \n%?"  ; template
     :prepend t                         ; properties
     :empty-lines 1                     ; properties )))

This produces a note headline with the tagg "NOTE" if I call the function with C-c c n

The problem arises if I want to use a taggs starting with a "%" sign. Hence, if I change the template line above to

"* %^{Note} :%NOTE:          \n%?"  ; template

I get the following error message: "Capture abort: (void-variable v-N)"

Can I change the code to make capture accept % signs in the beginning of tags?

Thanks in advance for any help :)

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  • Shot in the dark, but try escaping the % with a backslash. – Dan♦ Aug 16 '15 at 12:12
  • Thanks :) i will try that..like " :/%NOTE: ? – myotis Aug 16 '15 at 12:47
  • Hi Dan , it did not work, neither " :/%NOTE: " , nor ":\%NOTE:", both variants gave the original error message. – myotis Aug 16 '15 at 12:53
  • You would need at least double backslash because of string read-syntax: ":\\%NOTE:". – npostavs Aug 16 '15 at 13:45
  • Double backlash worked. Thanks til both of you ! – myotis Aug 16 '15 at 14:14

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