In emacs, how do I build a filename for org capture purposes?
reddit / emacs

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TeeMcBee · 2022-07-13 19:10



----------------------------------------------------------------------
franburstall · 2022-07-13 19:35

The templates are in a quoted list so nothing inside gets evaluated.
Replace the quote with a back-quote and put something like

    entry (file+olp+datetree   ,(concat org-directory
"/logbook.org") "JOURNAL")

inside.  The `,` will cause the `concat` form to be evaluated.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TeeMcBee · 2022-07-13 19:56

Wow, thanks. Not in a million years of frantic hacking about would I
have figured that out.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TheGramm · 2022-07-14 17:26

I am a 7+ years emacs user rolling my custom config from day one, and
just recently discovered the back-quote trick. Dont feel bad, emacs
just gives and gives!

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TeeMcBee · 2022-07-14 19:30

Thanks. Thing is, once I was directed to the [BackQuote documentation]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/vyavc8/comment/ig1eyro/?utm
_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), it made complete sense. The
problem is that prior to being directed there, I didn't even know
enough to search for that. Fortunately, many Reddit users, like emacs,
just give and give. :-)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TheGramm · 2022-07-14 19:33

> I didn't even know enough to search for that.

Same here, I only got to it once I decided to read the elisp info
pages front to back!

----------------------------------------------------------------------
grtcdr · 2022-07-16 00:59

It's safer to use `file-name-concat` to avoid path building typos.