From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How ro delete DONE attemps
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:34:30 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86fsfbmq56.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871qqw6m95.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com>
Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> I’m wondering how can I delete, on my .org file, the line that have:
>> - an old Timestamp (i.e. if I set a thing to be done today (<2022-10-24 Mon 17:26>)
>> - a TODO item (always with a past date) <2022-10-24 Mon 17:26>
>>
>> That to have a more clean .org file.
>>
>> Is it possible?
>> How can I obtain it?
>>
>
> It's just text: you can use ordinary Emacs commands to modify the
> file, e.g. C-k will kill a line, or you can use C-d to delete
> characters or M-d to delete words.
The other thing you can do is use org's built-in archiving support. With
this, you can have 'old' items which are no longer relevant moved to a
separate archive file, creating a cleaner org file and keeping an
archive record of past items.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-25 23:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-24 15:29 How ro delete DONE attemps Renato Pontefice
2022-10-25 13:55 ` Nick Dokos
2022-10-25 23:34 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2022-10-26 4:48 ` Samuel Wales
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