I have stumbled over error messages in org mode a few times. The following message, or permutations thereof, comes up frequently, but each time I am confused about what it means (albeit I have solved it again today):
"The kill is not a (set of) tree(s) - please use <S-insertchar> to yank anyway".
In each case this message was received because of a nit, in creating a capture template. Each time, I am consternated for a while, before I realize this. And each time, I am still consternated until I figure out what the error is.
What does this mean, "use <S-insertchar> to yank anyway." ? I haven't been able to do anything of the kind. I think.
What does it mean, "the kill is not a (set of) tree(s)" ?
I have sometimes noticed that the problem is a missing asterisk at the start of a line in the template string. Not sure, though, whether that is what is meant.
May I humbly request that these error messages be rewritten to reflect the nature of the error in a manner that is understandable by a user? If I understood them well, I would be willing to suggest other text. On the other hand, I must say that I don't know how all the non-ENglish speaking programmers do it. Amazing.
This is not the only error message I have tripped over. Perhaps one could develop a list of error messages, with explanations for each... How could I grep for error messages in the lisp source, to at least get a list of messages? Is this something useful to do?
Thank you very much,
Alan Davis
"Pollution is nothing but the resources we
are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been
ignorant of their value."