Hello George, George Taylor writes:
> I cannot get Capture to work. > > Summary: > I have successfully installed and used emacs on my laptop, and am happily > using Org mode. > I cannot get Capture to work. I have edited my .emacs file, but I am getting > an error when starting emacs, and C-c c does not work. > > Detail: > I have installed > > 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601) of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN on my laptop running > Windows XP (Japanese). > > Org-mode works. > > I edited my .emacs file per > .../manual/Setting-up-capture.html#Setting-up-capture > by adding try this here, before the setq for org-default-notes-file below: (setq org-directory "c:/home/yadda/yadda") or if you have already started emacs you can put the cursor after the last bracket and hold down Ctl and press x then e to evaluate it. Then do the same for the line below that sets org-default-notes-file. You can check if the variable has been set properly by pressing Ctl-h v then typing org-directory. Myles > (setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org")) > (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture) > > Now, when I start emacs normally, I get the warning: > > ...: An error occurred while loading `c:/home/.emacs': > > Symbol's value as variable is void: org-directory > > To ensure normal operation... > > I restarted emacs by running > > runemacs.exe --debug-init > > and got the foolowing Backtrace: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable org-directory) > (concat org-directory "/notes.org") > (setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org")) > eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "c:/home/.emacs" nil t) ; Reading at > buffer position 1168 > load-with-code-conversion("c:/home/.emacs" "c:/home/.emacs" t t) > load("~/.emacs" t t) > #[0 "\205\262 (and a lot of other code conversions that don't seem to copy > and paste) > > I have referred to the org manual, and read the FAQ. I do not see this > problem addressed. I hope you can help me. > > Why is the variable org-directory void? > Do I need to edit some file other than .emacs? > Is there something else I should do?