with the new org maint code, i still occasionally get the literal string. it occurs when the region spans a blank line.
like %(concat "http://whatever.whatever/building-a-mold-free-house/whatever" "Building a mold free house" " these remplates [don't know if first does anything] (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates `("L" "Protocol L for link" entry (file+headline ,org-default-notes-file "xyzzy-remember") ;; fixme perhaps i do not need the %i, if it is for no text "%(concat \"%:link\" \"%:description\" \"%i\") L" :prepend t :immediate-finish t :jump-to-captured t)) ;; this seems to get called by org capture whether selection or not (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates `("p" "Protocol p" entry (file+headline ,org-default-notes-file "xyzzy-remember") "%(concat \"%:link\" \"%:description\" \"%i\")" :prepend t :immediate-finish t :jump-to-captured t)) -- The Kafka Pandemic: <http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com> The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. And ANYBODY can get it -- at any time. "You’ve really gotta quit this and get moving, because this is murder by neglect." --- very true words by Johanna Kaiser spoken to US NIH in conference call with Walter Koroshetz, NINDS director <http://www.meaction.net/2017/02/03/pwme-people-with-me-are-being-murdered-by-neglect> Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW. UPDATE 2016-10: home, but not fully free