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From: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: merging per-file (or heading) TODO sequences
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:22:17 -0700
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Hi Eric,

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> I could have sworn I've done this successfully before, but...
>
> I need a special sequence of TODO keywords for one file -- actually just
> one headline in particular. I thought I remembered this used to be
> possible, but it doesn't seem to be anymore.
>
> Setting #+SEQ_TODO: FOO | BAR at the top of the file actually
> overwrites the existing value of `org-todo-keywords' for that file. In
> this case I'd like to either:
>
> 1. Create this sequence for a single subtree (it's okay if it clobbers
> the global value of `org-todo-keywords', so long as it's *only* for this
> subtree), or
>
> 2. Set the new sequence at the top of the file, but merge this sequence
> with the global value of `org-todo-keywords'.
>

Not sure if this is exactly what you want, but you can have multiple
#+SEQ_TODO lines at the top of your file, e.g.:

#+SEQ_TODO: TODO INPROGRESS WAITING | DONE CANCELED
#+SEQ_TODO: FIND PRINT READ NOTES | DONE CANCELED

Then trees will use the different sequences depending on which state you
place them in initially.

Best,
Richard