Re: [O] capture templates and ^{prompt}

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

Sorry to send this question again:

> Are there cases where %\1 ... %\N would be used *outside* of a string in a 
> template?

Jean-Christophe 


> On Jun 30, 2017, at 20:04, Jean-Christophe Helary <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 30, 2017, at 18:47, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Jean-Christophe Helary <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> * TODO %^{prompt} [/]\n** TODO %\1 %^{prompt} %^t\n
>>> 
>>> gives
>>> 
>>> * TODO stuff [/]                                                            
>>>                  
>>> ** TODO %^A stuff <date>
>>> 
>>> Why is that ?
>> 
>> In a string, backslash needs to be escaped: %\\1
> 
> That's certainly something to add to the documentation:
> 
> %\1 ... %\N   Insert the text entered at the Nth %^{prompt}, where N is a 
> number, starting from 1.
> 
> Are there cases where %\1 ... %\N would be used *outside* of a string in a 
> template?
> 
> Jean-Christophe