From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Eliminate DONE state? Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:20 -0400 Message-ID: <87fxak1dvj.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: <684B98BC-EF0C-4E28-8625-F0915BCD6985@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MofDG-0008N8-M8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:30 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MofDB-0008Fw-69 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:29 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58503 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MofDB-0008FW-1q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:25 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:40442) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MofD9-0002Lg-0i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <684B98BC-EF0C-4E28-8625-F0915BCD6985@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:53:52 +0100") 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: PT , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:31 PM, PT wrote: > >> Is is possible to eliminate the DONE state completely? I'd like a >> single >> state TODO and want to switch between TODO and nothing states, but >> >> (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO"))) >> >> doesn't seem to work, because it always considers the last state as a >> DONE state. >> >> Is it possible to have only a single actionable task state and nothing >> else, so when I switch then the sequence is nothing-TODO-nothing- >> TODO-...? > > > Hi PT, > > the following seems to work, but am not sure if it will break > something. > > (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "|"))) That was my first thought, too. But on my machine, it causes TODO items to be assigned a CLOSED timestamp. Best, Matt