emacs elisp why won't a variable work here?

Asked Jun 10 '20 at 14:52

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Why does the following not work when defining a org-capture-template:

(add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
         '("1" "Ideas"  entry
           (file (concat note-dir "/ideas.org"))
           "* IDEA %?" :empty-lines 1))

When I evaluate the concat sexp it as the value that I require. So why does "file" not like it? Also, what is "file" how can I find out what it is, describe-function doesn't work so presumably not a function. Thanks

edited Jun 10 '20 at 17:34

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This is almost certainly a duplicate. Look for `backquote`. – NickD Jun 10 '20 at 15:11
Yes thanks, that solves it. Lot's to learn. – chris Jun 10 '20 at 15:19

emacs elisp why won't a variable work here?

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