Re: [O] org-capture exists with "Capture abort: (wrong type argument...)"

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Simao <address@hidden> writes:

> I am trying to run `org-capture` to capture a journal entry but
> `org-capture` always aborts with the following trace:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Capture abort:
> (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)")
>   signal(error ("Capture abort: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)"))
>   error("Capture abort: %s" (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
>   org-capture(nil)
>   funcall-interactively(org-capture nil)
>   call-interactively(org-capture nil nil)
>   command-execute(org-capture)
>
> Is there a problem with my settings? I am using the template suggested
> in the manual.

You are not using the template suggested in the manual.  Your capture
location is "~/Sync/journal.org.txt", which is not in Org mode. You
cannot create a tree there if it is not the case.

I improved the error message returned by Org capture under those
circumstances. Thank you.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou