From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: org-enforce-todo-dependencies setting Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:00:07 -0400 Message-ID: <31045.1332295207@alphaville> References: <87mx7akamb.fsf@norang.ca> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SAAqU-0005SV-R8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:00:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SAAqS-0004Y4-OC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:00:14 -0400 Received: from g5t0007.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.44]:8563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SAAqS-0004Xe-Iq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:00:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Bernt Hansen of "Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:26:20 EDT." <87mx7akamb.fsf@norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, jeff stern , carsten.dominik@gmail.com Bernt Hansen wrote: > Hi Carsten, > > Are the last three lines of the description for > org-enforce-todo-dependencies correct? --------------------------------------------------+ > | > ,----[ C-h v org-enforce-todo-dependencies RET ] | > | org-enforce-todo-dependencies is a variable defined in `org.el'. | > | Its value is t | > | | > | Documentation: | > | Non-nil means undone TODO entries will block switching the parent to DONE. | > | Also, if a parent has an :ORDERED: property, switching an entry to DONE will | > | be blocked if any prior sibling is not yet done. | > | Finally, if the parent is blocked because of ordered siblings of its own, | > | the child will also be blocked. | > | This variable needs to be set before org.el is loaded, and you need to <--+ | > | restart Emacs after a change to make the change effective. The only way <--+-- HERE <-+ > | to change is while Emacs is running is through the customize interface. <--+ > `---- > > I set this variable with a setq in my .emacs long after loading org-mode > (uncompiled) and have never run into any issues with it. > > ,----[ my .emacs lines 16-18 ] > | (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/git/org-mode/lisp")) > | (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode)) > | (require 'org-install) > `---- > > ,----[ my .emacs line 1568 ] > | (setq org-enforce-todo-dependencies t) > `---- > > From the description it doesn't sound like my setup is supposed to work. > Well, yes - but Carsten knew[fn:1] there'd be someone (we won't mention names :-) ) who would do that and took care to do the add-hook/remove-hook thingie while setting up the mode when you open an org file: see line 5016ff in org.el. So it sounds a bit more ominous than it actually is. OTOH, if your .emacs opens an org file between lines 18 and 1568, all bets are off. Nick Footnotes: [fn:1] ... or maybe somebody did it and complained about it already: I didn't search the ML.