     ;; http://orgmode.org/manual/Template-expansion.html
     (setq org-capture-templates
           '(("j" "Journal" entry ; `org-capture' binding + j
-             (file+datetree (concat org-directory "/journal.org"))
+             (file+datetree (expand-file-name "journal.org" org-directory))
              "\n* %?\n  Entered on %U")
             ("n" "Note" entry ; `org-capture' binding + n
-             (file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
+             (file (expand-file-name "notes.org" org-directory))
              "\n* %?\n  Context:\n    %i\n  Entered on %U")
             ("u" "UVM/System Verilog Notes" ; `org-capture' binding + u
-             entry (file (concat org-directory "/uvm.org"))
+             entry (file (expand-file-name "uvm.org" org-directory))
              "\n* %?\n  Context:\n    %i\n  Entered on %U")))
 
     (setq org-agenda-files (expand-file-name "agenda.files" org-directory))

            ;; ox-html patches
            (load (expand-file-name
                   "ox-html-patches.el"
                   (concat user-emacs-directory "/elisp/patches"))
                  nil :nomessage)

            (use-package ox-html-fancybox

    ;; http://pages.sachachua.com/.emacs.d/Sacha.html
    (setq org-ditaa-jar-path (expand-file-name
                              "ditaa.jar"
                              (concat user-emacs-directory "software/")))
    (setq org-plantuml-jar-path (expand-file-name
                                 "plantuml.jar"
                                 (concat user-emacs-directory "software/")))

    ;; (setq org-startup-with-inline-images t)
    ;; (add-hook 'org-babel-after-execute-hook 'org-display-inline-images)
