From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: andrea.rossetti@gmail.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: problems while editing in org-columns mode
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 13:19:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CE9536D-6F8C-4656-A4BB-7DD6060332D8@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8438moi69y.fsf@gmail.com>
Hi Andrea,
I have fixed problem A. Problem B has to do with the fact that the property search function does not find a property with an empty value. I need to look into this some more.
- Carsten
On Nov 22, 2013, at 8:30 PM, andrea.rossetti@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I get some unexpected behaviour in org-column mode on my
> workstation (Emacs 24.3, org-version 8.2.2, Win 7 64 bit).
> May I ask support in order to understand:
>
> - if this is reproducible for you as well
> - if it is actually a bug, or a mess on my local installation,
> or if I misunderstood how to use org-column properly
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone patient enough to read this
> and give it a try. Kindest regards, Andrea.
>
>
>
>
> HOW TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM A:
>
> 1) create an example Org file like this:
>
> * myproject
> ** mytask1
> ** mytask2
>
> 2) click on the word "myproject", C-c C-x C-c to enable
> column view
>
> 3) M-S-<right>, then answer the wizard questions:
> property=cost, title=cost, width=8, summary=add_numbers
>
> 4) now click on the word "myproject", type q to leave
> org-columns mode
>
> 5) you will see that in the first row of the buffer
> a new line appears:
>
> #+COLUMNS: %25ITEM %8cost %TODO %3PRIORITY %TAGS
>
> I expected "%8cost{+}" instead of "%8cost". Even
> if f I change manually "%8cost" to "%8cost{+}" the
> automatic sums (cost of myproject sums cost of
> mytask1+mytask2) still don't work.
>
> The sums work properly if I remove the entire
> #+COLUMNS statement and add to the :PROPERTIES: of
> row "myproject" the following property:
>
> :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %8cost{+} %TODO %3PRIORITY %TAGS
>
>
>
> HOW TO REPRODUCE PROBLEM B:
>
> 1, 2, 3) same steps than problem A
>
> 4) go on row "mytask1" column "cost", type "e" to edit
> the value, set it to 1234, type RET
>
> 5) type "e" and change the proposed value 1234 into
> the empty string, then type RET
>
> 6) type "e" and set the value to 3456, then type RET
>
> 7) go on row "mytask1", type TAB to see the properties:
> you will see that the properties are now:
>
> :PROPERTIES:
> :cost:
> :cost: 3456
> :END:
>
> (I did not expect that empty :cost: column)
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-26 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-22 19:30 problems while editing in org-columns mode andrea.rossetti
2013-11-26 12:19 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2014-04-24 13:12 ` Andrea Rossetti
2014-05-30 7:16 ` Bastien
2014-05-31 14:35 ` Andrea Rossetti
2014-06-02 17:38 ` Bastien
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