From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Setting org-log-into-drawer in a property Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 09:46:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87786F0D-ECBC-48DB-BC75-742DE81E9AC4@gmail.com> References: <4A124992.9000708@gmail.com> <7C5F99B5-9EF2-4578-8BB6-A20E59071848@gmail.com> <4A139B90.8060500@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M6gVD-0001Kq-60 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 03:46:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M6gV8-0001JA-J7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 03:46:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51524 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M6gV8-0001J3-6j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 03:46:10 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:12368) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M6gV7-0003ZM-NA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 03:46:09 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f162.google.com ([209.85.219.162]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M6gV3-000738-0D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 03:46:05 -0400 Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so332284ewy.42 for ; Wed, 20 May 2009 00:46:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A139B90.8060500@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Daniel J. Sinder" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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