Re: [O] Default location for "./" with respect to capture file+headline

[John Hendy]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Kyle Meyer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> John Hendy <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> When I do =C-c c= to try a capture example, it's trying to file it
>> with respect to ~/org and I'm not sure why. Here's the capture section
>> of dir/setup/example-config:
>>
>> (setq org-capture-templates
>>   '(("l" "log" entry (file+headline "./demo/org-demo_capture.org" "Log")
>>          "* %? \n%u " :clock-in t :clock-resume t)
>>     ("t" "task" entry (file+headline "./demo/org-demo_article.org" "Tasks")
>>          "* todo %? %^g\n%u" :prepend t)
>>     ("c" "clock" entry (file+datetree "./demo/org-demo_clocking.org")
>>          "* %?\n%u" :clock-in t :clock-keep t)))
>>
>> The capture buffer wants to create the directory ~/org/demo.
>
> The variable org-directory affects this:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Documentation:
> Directory with Org files.
> This is just a default location to look for Org files.  There is no need
> at all to put your files into this directory.  It is used in the
> following situations:
>
> 1. When a capture template specifies a target file that is not an
>    absolute path.  The path will then be interpreted relative to
>    ‘org-directory’
> 2. When the value of variable ‘org-agenda-files’ is a single file, any
>    relative paths in this file will be taken as relative to
>    ‘org-directory’.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Thank you very much! That did it and let me run my "sandbox" org
capture demonstration nicely.

So I can fish for myself next time, did you happen to just know this
relationship, or search the manuals for "capture"? I took a look at
the templates manual page and simply say file+headline used, though
with an absolute path.
- http://orgmode.org/manual/Capture-templates.html#Capture-templates


In any case, thanks again for the tip.
John

>
> --
> Kyle