From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Why are special properties like CLOSED etc. not in the properties drawer? Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:52:42 -0400 Message-ID: <87vcyskax1.fsf@norang.ca> References: <20110405133648.5e02e3e7@hsdev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48761 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q77cd-00030C-KI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:52:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q77cc-0000v6-E5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:52:47 -0400 Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.71]:59852) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q77cc-0000ux-BF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:52:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20110405133648.5e02e3e7@hsdev.com> (Marcel van der Boom's message of "Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:36:48 +0200") 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: Marcel van der Boom Cc: emacs-orgmode Marcel van der Boom writes: > I've been wondering about this for a bit. It would make things a bit > more consistent for me if all properties are in the 'properties'-drawer. > Or am I missing something here? The main reason I can think of is that this is historical. CLOSED: was invented long before anyone thought about the need for drawers. Drawers are an added feature that is not needed to be able to make org-mode useful. I don't think there should be a requirement for having a drawer when you mark a task done just to record the CLOSED date. Having an option to enable this behaviour would be fine with me. The idea of including timestamps in property drawers is a fairly recent development in org-mode. -Bernt