From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Confusion with :PROPERTIES: insertion Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:12:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87zjxzrzim.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37010) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UI1gU-0002k8-E3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:55:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UI1gO-0002Hc-Vh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:54:54 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::22a]:38932) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UI1gO-0002HG-Na for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:54:48 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f170.google.com with SMTP id z53so702711wey.29 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:54:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Lawrence Bottorff's message of "Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:52:43 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Lawrence Bottorff Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Lawrence, Lawrence Bottorff writes: > I've got a header, after which I want to insert > > * Header >   :PROPERTIES: >   :CUSTOM_ID: [2013-03-15 Fri 11:22] >   :END: > > I've tried C-c C-x d and C-u M-x org-insert-drawer. Sometimes C-c C-x > d works (offering only [RESULTS] which creates empty :: ... :END:), > sometime it does nothing. C-u M-x org-insert-drawer sometimes offers > me choices, sometimes doesn't telling me I should use C-c C-x d. Once > I do get > >   :PROPERTIES: >   >   :END: > > C-c C-x p offers me choices `C-c C-x p' is the right thing to use for inserting properties. `C-c C-x d' is for inserting custom drawers. > (I choose :CUSTOM_ID:) and seems to work > properly, but again, sometimes does nothing after affirming > prompting, > > What am I doing wrong. I simply want to have a timestamp property for > each header. Can anyone advise me how to create this :PROPERTIES: > insertion behavior consistently? Mhh.. I can't reproduce the problem. Can you provide a recipe with emacs -Q on how to reproduce this consistently? Thanks in advance, -- Bastien