From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wanrong Lin Subject: Re: State excluded in agenda Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:24:26 -0500 Message-ID: <473C80CA.60705@gmail.com> References: <473C74F8.6070103@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IsiSE-00027l-DW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:24:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IsiSC-00026o-NL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:24:38 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IsiSC-00026R-Ku for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:24:36 -0500 Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IsiSA-0007Pp-9k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:24:35 -0500 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c29so475611ika for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:24:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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 Thank you. I read the manual again and found that actually I can have multiple "DONE" states so your suggestion works very well (with org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done set to t). I do have a "HOLD" state, which is equivalent to your "DEFERRED" state. Wanrong John Wiegley wrote: > I just make "CANCELLED" a DONE state, since it represent a state from > which no > further transitions can take place. You might also consider a > "DEFERRED" state, > for tasks you are pushing into the indefinite future. > > John > > On Nov 15, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Wanrong Lin wrote: > >> I have a "CANCELED" TODO state. When I change a scheduled item to >> this state, I do not want it to show up in the agenda. I still want >> to keep the original scheduled date or deadline though just in case >> later I need to activate it again. I can do some tricks like turning >> the schedule/deadline time stamp into an inactive one. But I think it >> would be neater if we can have a list of TODO states that will be >> excluded from the agenda view. Right now the "DONE" state seems to be >> the only one excluded. >