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I have this org capture template saved in a tpl-quote.txt file:

* a title 
  :PROPERTIES:
  :TIME: %U
  :END:

%x  ;; contents in clipboard

And the org-capture-templates is

  (setq org-capture-templates
  (quote (("p" "Private Templates")
          ("pc" "Clipboard"
           entry
           (file+olp+datetree "~/Notebooks/org/default.org" "Capture")
           (file "~/Notebooks/org/tpl-quote.txt")
           :immediate-finish t))))

This worked alright in GUI Emacs.

If I start a GUI Emacs, run M-x server-start, then in a terminal run

emacsclient -ne '(org-capture nil "pc")'

it also worked Ok.

But if I start Emacs daemon emacs --daemon, then run the above emacsclient command I got the following error at my terminal:

*ERROR*: Capture abort: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p nil)

So it seems that the clipboard expansion %x is only working with GUI Emacs, deleting the %x it works again.

Is this the expected behavior?

My setup:

  • OS: Manjaro Linux
  • Emacs: 26.3
  • Org-mode: 9.1.9
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  • emacs --daemon calls server-start. What happens if you first open a frame (and close it) and then run your command line?
    – RichieHH
    Commented Mar 2, 2020 at 12:51
  • @RichieHH It gives the same error message. Could it be that something related to the X graphical things is not activated?
    – Jason
    Commented Mar 2, 2020 at 12:56
  • What happens when you leave the frame open and explicitly call this function inside the scratch buffer for example?
    – RichieHH
    Commented Mar 3, 2020 at 6:38
  • Also check with C-y (yank) in the scratch buffer.
    – RichieHH
    Commented Mar 3, 2020 at 9:11

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