Re: a small idea for repeating tasks

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: a small idea for repeating tasks
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:52:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <77586740-9180-40B6-873F-C01E539D5B6F@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20524da70906252055u7370e73ex5a3632f189c57cda@mail.gmail.com>

On Jun 26, 2009, at 5:55 AM, Samuel Wales wrote:

> When you try to mark a repeating task done, org appears to
> change it to the first item in org-todo-keywords.  Many
> people have "TODO" there.  This appears to conflict with other uses of
> that variable, as it also determines sort order and cycle order.
>
> Perhaps a new variable can contain the todo keyword that
> should be used when a repeating task is marked done.
>
> Then it doesn't matter what sort order you use.
>
> Thanks.

This is because you have set up your TODO keywords as `sequence',
not as `type'.  So the repeater assumes that this is a sequence
of states that should be repeated.

If you did

#+TYP_TODO: TODO(t) STARTED(s) REPEAT(r) WAITING(w) APPT(a) | DONE(d)
CANCELLED(c) DEFERRED(f)

this would work as you expect.

Type or sequence make a difference only in two situations:

1. When the repeater rests an entry
2. When you press C-c C-t and *don't* use fast access keys
    to TODO states.  Then `C-c C-t' will jump directly to DONE
    from any not-done state.

Sounds pretty consistent to me.

I guess we could have a property to force a particular repeat state
where needed....

- Carsten

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