From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cameron Horsburgh Subject: Possible bug with tag inheritance Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:43:35 +1000 Message-ID: <20090424104335.GA17832@earth> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxIth-0004MW-HN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:44:45 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxItZ-0004J7-Oj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:44:44 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39154 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxItZ-0004J1-J4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:44:37 -0400 Received: from poplet2.per.eftel.com ([203.24.100.45]:41739) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LxItY-0001MY-I9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:44:37 -0400 Received: from mail.aanet.com.au (mail.aanet.com.au [203.24.100.34]) by poplet2.per.eftel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FA0173A5B for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:43:41 +0800 (WST) Received: from localhost (unknown [202.164.196.24]) by mail.aanet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 743F34606E3 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:43:35 +0800 (WST) Received: from cameron by localhost with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LxIsZ-0006U3-7S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:43:35 +1000 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi folks, Today I stumbled across an instance where tag inheritance doesn't seem to work as I expected it to. I'm using GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.7) of 2009-04-12 on elegiac, modified by Debian, and Org-mode version 6.26trans. Let's say I have an org file that records all the information for a particular part of my life. Different parts of the file record meetings, track projects and record notes and other information. Here's what it might look like: * Meetings ** Lunch with John :Restaurant: <2009-04-27 Mon 12:30> ** Meeting with Fred :Office: <2009-04-27 Mon 13:00> * Projects ** Find Higgs Boson :Laboratory: DEADLINE: <2009-04-27 Mon> ** Achieve World domination :Office:Laboratory: SCHEDULED: <2009-04-28 Tue> ** Cook dinner :Kitchen: * Notes :Info: ** Mary's phone numbers - 1234-5678 - 0412-345-678 ** Jenny's web page - [[http://www.somewebpage.com][Jenny's web page]] I have customised org-stuck-projects[fn:1] to ignore entries tagged with the tag `Info'. org-use-tag-inheritance is set to `t'. If I hit C-a # to list stuck projects I would only expect to see the entry about cooking dinner listed. The `Notes' headline should be ignored, as should the notes about Mary's phone number and Jenny's web page, because they inherit the `Info' tag. In practice, the `Notes' headline is ignored as expected. However, the children are listed as stuck projects. After all this I have realised it's probably more appropriate to use properties rather than tags to do this sort of thing. Still, the behaviour puzzles me a bit, so I thought it was worth asking about. Is this behaviour incorrect? Or am I expecting the wrong thing? * Footnotes [fn:1] I had some trouble customising this variable in the usual way, because the explanation at the end of the customize buffer somehow got included in the sexp recorded in my .emacs. I deleted that line, reset the customize buffer and started again, but with exactly the same result. -- Cameron Horsburgh Blog: http://spiritcry.wordpress.com/