From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sort TODO entries more usefully
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 19:51:55 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878upqvzxg.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87mwe65pxy.fsf@bzg.ath.cx
Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> For some reason I've been sorting lots of TODOs recently, and found the
>> default behavior of org-sort-entries a little odd. It sorts according to
>> the order found in org-todo-keywords-1, which apparently just comes from
>> the order the keywords were scanned during setup. I don't think that's
>> all that useful, so the attached patch sorts first by
>> org-not-done-keywords vs org-done-keywords, then alphabetically.
>> Headings with no keywords sort "big".
>
> I don't think the alphabetical order is very useful here, and putting
> headlines without TODO keywords first when sorting by TODO order is
> counter-intuitive at least.
>
> Let me suggest the attached patch instead: it puts TODO entries, then
> entries without a TODO keyword, then DONE entries.
>
> Would it be an improvement?
Sure! The actual ordering of stuff was an arbitrary choice on my part --
the only thing I cared about was getting done and not-done separated.
This looks like a tidier solution, to boot...
E
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-25 11:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-25 5:33 [PATCH] sort TODO entries more usefully Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-25 6:32 ` Bastien
2014-05-25 11:51 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2014-05-26 5:10 ` Bastien
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