* Converting tags to TODO states
@ 2019-04-15 15:00 garjola
2019-04-16 13:26 ` Bernt Hansen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: garjola @ 2019-04-15 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi,
For my GTD implementation with org-mode, I have been using the :next:
tag for my next actions. I would like now to use a "NEXT" TODO keyword,
which means that I need to convert all :next: tags with "TODO" headlines
into "NEXT" headlines without the :next: tag.
I have *a lot* of org files, so an automatic procedure is needed. Since
I am not fluent in elisp, I was going to write a python script to do
this, but maybe there is already a way to do this conversion with
org-mode itself?
The tricky thing I see with parsing is dealing with the ":" in the case
of multiple tags (I know how to do this in python, but I don't in
elisp).
Thanks for any hint you can provide.
Garjola
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* Re: Converting tags to TODO states
2019-04-15 15:00 Converting tags to TODO states garjola
@ 2019-04-16 13:26 ` Bernt Hansen
2019-04-16 16:36 ` garjola
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Bernt Hansen @ 2019-04-16 13:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: garjola; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
garjola@garjola.net writes:
> Hi,
>
> For my GTD implementation with org-mode, I have been using the :next:
> tag for my next actions. I would like now to use a "NEXT" TODO keyword,
> which means that I need to convert all :next: tags with "TODO" headlines
> into "NEXT" headlines without the :next: tag.
>
> I have *a lot* of org files, so an automatic procedure is needed. Since
> I am not fluent in elisp, I was going to write a python script to do
> this, but maybe there is already a way to do this conversion with
> org-mode itself?
>
> The tricky thing I see with parsing is dealing with the ":" in the case
> of multiple tags (I know how to do this in python, but I don't in
> elisp).
>
> Thanks for any hint you can provide.
>
> Garjola
As this is a one-time change I would just use the agenda and bulk
operations to fix your entries.
If the files already contribute to your agenda (I assume they do)
you can just run a tag match on :next:
C-c a m next RET
and mark all the entries returned with
m (repeat for each task)
then add a NEXT todo keyword
B t NEXT RET
and mark all the tasks again
m (repeat for each task)
and remove the :next: tag
B - next RET
and save your files.
HTH,
Bernt
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* Re: Converting tags to TODO states
2019-04-16 13:26 ` Bernt Hansen
@ 2019-04-16 16:36 ` garjola
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: garjola @ 2019-04-16 16:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bernt Hansen; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On Tue 16-Apr-2019 at 15:26:16 +02, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
wrote:
> garjola@garjola.net writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For my GTD implementation with org-mode, I have been using the :next:
>> tag for my next actions. I would like now to use a "NEXT" TODO keyword,
>> which means that I need to convert all :next: tags with "TODO" headlines
>> into "NEXT" headlines without the :next: tag.
>>
>> I have *a lot* of org files, so an automatic procedure is needed. Since
>> I am not fluent in elisp, I was going to write a python script to do
>> this, but maybe there is already a way to do this conversion with
>> org-mode itself?
>>
>> The tricky thing I see with parsing is dealing with the ":" in the case
>> of multiple tags (I know how to do this in python, but I don't in
>> elisp).
>>
>> Thanks for any hint you can provide.
>>
>> Garjola
>
> As this is a one-time change I would just use the agenda and bulk
> operations to fix your entries.
>
> If the files already contribute to your agenda (I assume they do)
> you can just run a tag match on :next:
>
> C-c a m next RET
>
> and mark all the entries returned with
>
> m (repeat for each task)
>
> then add a NEXT todo keyword
>
> B t NEXT RET
>
> and mark all the tasks again
>
> m (repeat for each task)
>
> and remove the :next: tag
>
> B - next RET
>
> and save your files.
>
> HTH,
> Bernt
Hi Bernt,
You just made me discover that one can change tags on bulk. I have used
bulk operations for rescheduling, but not for this.
That's great!
Thanks!
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