From: Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu>
To: Grant Schissler <grant.schissler@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Customize org-todo-repeat-to-state to return to previous TODO state
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:56:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oas0z319.fsf@uw.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20141121T185239-72@post.gmane.org> (Grant Schissler's message of "Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:00:15 +0000 (UTC)")
Grant Schissler <grant.schissler@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Org-mode Users,
>
> I am trying to change the behavior of marking a repeated task as DONE. I
> would like the task to return to the current TODO state rather than the first in
> the TODO sequence or a fixed state. For example,
>
> ** APPT Lunch with Mallorie
> <2014-12-04 Thu 12:00 +1w>
>
> should return to APPT, not TODO or some other predefined state as in the
> current behavior:
>
> TODO Lunch with Mallorie
> - State "DONE" from "APPT" [2014-11-21 Fri 10:56]
> <2014-12-11 Thu 12:00 +1w>
>
> I am sure that customizing the org-todo-repeat-to-state will do the trick, but
> sadly, I have had the time to learn elisp well enough to perform this.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. Please let me know if you have
> questions.
>
> Thanks for the support and to all those that make org-mode great!
> Grant
I haven't tried any of the following, and there may be better solutions, but...
It looks like the variable you mention reads as (via C-h v org-todo-repeat-to-state RET and follow link to source),
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defcustom org-todo-repeat-to-state nil
"The TODO state to which a repeater should return the repeating task.
By default this is the first task in a TODO sequence, or the previous state
in a TODO_TYP set. But you can specify another task here.
alternatively, set the :REPEAT_TO_STATE: property of the entry."
:group 'org-todo
:version "24.1"
:type '(choice (const :tag "Head of sequence" nil)
(string :tag "Specific state")))
#+END_SRC
It looks like this variable will not allow to recall the previous TODO state. But you could make a separate TODO_TYP set.
Depending on whether you define your TODO states in an init file or per-file base, you could try an extra line in your org file "header",
#+BEGIN_SRC org
,#+TYP_TODO: APPT | DONE
#+END_SRC
or an extra block in your org-todo-keywords variable
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq org-todo-keywords '((type "APPT" "|" "DONE")))
#+END_SRC
Another solution according to the above would be to use a property drawer,
#+BEGIN_SRC org
,** APPT Lunch with Mallorie
<2014-12-04 Thu 12:00 +1w>
:PROPERTIES:
:REPEAT_TO_STATE: APPT
:END:
#+END_SRC
You can get this via C-c C-x p repeat_to_state RET APPT RET.
Interestingly, there is a function in the same source file, org-auto-repeat-maybe, which suggests that it does exactly what you ask for.
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
org-auto-repeat-maybe is a compiled Lisp function in `org.el'.
(org-auto-repeat-maybe DONE-WORD)
Check if the current headline contains a repeated deadline/schedule.
If yes, set TODO state back to what it was and change the base date
of repeating deadline/scheduled time stamps to new date.
This function is run automatically after each state change to a DONE state.
[back]
#+END_EXAMPLE
I can see in the definition of the function it has an expression org-last-state, so maybe that suggests there is a way built-in (or intended to?), but I only took that quick look at the source.
--
Brady
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2014-11-21 18:00 Customize org-todo-repeat-to-state to return to previous TODO state Grant Schissler
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