Capture-templates - Reuse prompted values within a template

[nobiot]

Wait a second…

You only need the bar variable in one location in the template?

Have you tried this syntax in the capture template?

%^{prompt}

Sample here: (Using “Series” as the prompt text)

Some help with `%^{prop}p` usage?

For file-nodes, the %^{prompt} seems to achieve what you are going for (?) – I may not have understood the purpose of your attempt, so I may well be off the mark. Please disregard: The fact I am using lower case for property n;ames; perhaps you prefer to stick to the uppercase the :modified: <> part of the template; it’s a way to insert a time stamp automatically (a tip in Org-roam wiki) (add-to-list 'org-roam-capture-templates '("t" "test Org" plain "%?" :target …