From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Daniel J. Sinder" <djsinder@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Setting org-log-into-drawer in a property
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 09:46:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87786F0D-ECBC-48DB-BC75-742DE81E9AC4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A139B90.8060500@gmail.com>
Hi Daniel,
On May 20, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Daniel J. Sinder wrote:
> As Carsten Dominik so eloquently wrote on 5/19/2009 1:38 AM:
>>
>> On May 19, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Daniel J. Sinder wrote:
>>
>>> Most of my tasks have only one state change (TODO->DONE), so I
>>> like to be able to quickly see my log notes by fully expanding all
>>> headings in a sub-tree. Thus, I do NOT use the LOGBOOK property.
>>>
>>> However, for repeating items the list of log entries can get quite
>>> long. If I fully expand a sub-tree with a repeating task, the log
>>> notes push the rest of the tree off the screen. I'd rather if
>>> *only* repeating tasks (and perhaps select other tasks) used the
>>> LOGBOOK property to keep the log notes hidden in a drawer.
>>>
>>> This brings me to my question and possible feature request. The
>>> LOGGING property allows us to set logging preference on a sub-tree
>>> basis. Is it possible to set the value of org-log-into-drawer on
>>> a sub-tree basis, either via the LOGGING property or some other
>>> property? If not, would it be possible to add this capability?
>>
>> That does make sense.
>>
>> Please use the new LOG_INTO_DRAWER property for this purpose.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
> Carsten,
>
> I subscribed to this list in April '06, and I remember suggesting
> the logging feature later that year (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/612
> ). The next release (version 4.50) included logging. Incredibly,
> three years later, despite the explosive growth of orgmode and its
> community of users & developers, you still implemented my feature
> request (coincidentally related to logging) within a day!
>
> Three years ago, I eagerly absorbed each new feature. Now, although
> I'm still an avid user of orgmode, the growth in my personal use
> lags behind the pace of development, and there are many new features
> that I have not even touched. In fact, I often can't even keep up
> with the volume of this list.
> Yet, the new features have little or no impact on the features I do
> use, even though I keep my version nearly at the bleeding edge via
> git.
I am glad you say this, because when we fail to make the simple core
survive, we will have lost our way.
> This is just great software design and management!
>
> Anyway, this is my way of saying a profound "thank you" for a great
> tool and superb support.
Thank you for your nice words.
- Carsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-20 7:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-19 5:54 Setting org-log-into-drawer in a property Daniel J. Sinder
2009-05-19 8:38 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-05-20 5:56 ` Daniel J. Sinder
2009-05-20 7:46 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2009-05-20 6:04 ` Daniel J. Sinder
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