From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: DONE repeating events become TODO, not OTHER Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:30:07 -0400 Message-ID: <876139hly8.fsf@pierrot.dokosmarshall.org> References: <87pp1irqov.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45903) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcO1m-0001FH-14 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:30:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcO1i-0001Dy-1A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:30:21 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:52349) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcO1h-0001Du-QZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:30:17 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZcO1d-0003YW-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 03:30:13 +0200 Received: from pool-108-20-41-232.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([108.20.41.232]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 03:30:13 +0200 Received: from ndokos by pool-108-20-41-232.bstnma.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 03:30:13 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Ken Mankoff writes: > On 2015-09-16 at 17:37, Nick Dokos wrote: >> Ken Mankoff writes: >> >>> I have repeating events of type OTHER, as in: >>> >>> * OTHER Foo >>> <2015-09-16 +1w> >>> >>> When I have finished the task for today, I mark it done. Because it is >>> a repeating event, it doesn't actually change to DONE, instead it >>> changes to TODO and adds a :LAST_REPEAT: item in the :PROPERTIES: >>> drawer. >>> >>> How do I tell this specific item, or all OTHER items in general, that >>> after completion it should remain OTHER rather than changing to TODO? >>> >> >> Do you *have* to have a TODO state? If not, >> >> #+TODO: OTHER | DONE >> >> should do the trick. > > Yes it does the trick. I had to switch the buffer out of and back into Org mode for it to work, but now it does. > The easiest way to get newly added #+ lines to take effect is to C-c C-C on one of them. -- Nick