Chao Lu <loochao@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm wondering if it is possible for an item to have multiple todo state, like:
>   Physics:    ACTIVE MOBILE Quantum optics                   :Optics::Video:MITC:ACTIVE:
>                            --------------TODO                                       -----------------------------------------TAG
>
> For I defined a todo sequence like:
>
> (sequence "QUEUE(q)" "NEXT(n)" "ACTIVE(a)" "|" "DONE(d)")
>
> to indicate the state of task.
>
> However I also prefer to have some context with them, so I defined
> more todo state:
>
>               (sequence "MOBILE" "|")
>               (sequence "AUDIO" "|")
>               (sequence "CAR" "|")
>               (sequence "TIMEBOX" "|")
>               (sequence "RECUR-DAILY" "|")
>               (sequence "RECUR-DUALLY" "|")
>               (sequence "RECUR-TRIPLY" "|")
>               (sequence "RECUR-WEEKLY" "|")
>
> But seems Org refuse to put multiple todo state on the same item.
>
> And the reason I do not like to put these context into tag, is that I
> think these contexts are related to how I finish things, but the tags
> like "Math Physics" is more about the content of the item.
>
> So anyone has suggestions?

Multiple simultaneous TODO states are currently not supported.
You should add extra context information as tags instead.

Tags are normally used for context.

HTH,
Bernt