From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>,
emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, jeff stern <jas.61803@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: org-enforce-todo-dependencies setting
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:43:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A823AAFB-E5BC-478B-BD29-26971B7D17CA@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31045.1332295207@alphaville>
On 21.3.2012, at 03:00, Nick Dokos wrote:
> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Carsten,
>>
>> Are the last three lines of the description for
>> org-enforce-todo-dependencies correct? --------------------------------------------------+
>> |
>> ,----[ C-h v org-enforce-todo-dependencies RET ] |
>> | org-enforce-todo-dependencies is a variable defined in `org.el'. |
>> | Its value is t |
>> | |
>> | Documentation: |
>> | Non-nil means undone TODO entries will block switching the parent to DONE. |
>> | Also, if a parent has an :ORDERED: property, switching an entry to DONE will |
>> | be blocked if any prior sibling is not yet done. |
>> | Finally, if the parent is blocked because of ordered siblings of its own, |
>> | the child will also be blocked. |
>> | This variable needs to be set before org.el is loaded, and you need to <--+ |
>> | restart Emacs after a change to make the change effective. The only way <--+-- HERE <-+
>> | to change is while Emacs is running is through the customize interface. <--+
>> `----
>>
>> I set this variable with a setq in my .emacs long after loading org-mode
>> (uncompiled) and have never run into any issues with it.
>>
>> ,----[ my .emacs lines 16-18 ]
>> | (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/git/org-mode/lisp"))
>> | (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode))
>> | (require 'org-install)
>> `----
>>
>> ,----[ my .emacs line 1568 ]
>> | (setq org-enforce-todo-dependencies t)
>> `----
>>
>> From the description it doesn't sound like my setup is supposed to work.
>>
>
> Well, yes - but Carsten knew[fn:1] there'd be someone (we won't mention
> names :-) ) who would do that and took care to do the
> add-hook/remove-hook thingie while setting up the mode when you open an
> org file: see line 5016ff in org.el. So it sounds a bit more ominous
> than it actually is.
>
> OTOH, if your .emacs opens an org file between lines 18 and 1568, all
> bets are off.
>
> Nick
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] ... or maybe somebody did it and complained about it already: I
> didn't search the ML.
I had forgotten all about this, but indeed, the hook makes sure
things are OK, so the sentence could be removed from the
docstring.
- Carsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-21 4:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-21 1:26 org-enforce-todo-dependencies setting Bernt Hansen
2012-03-21 2:00 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-21 2:05 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-21 2:06 ` Bernt Hansen
2012-03-21 4:43 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2012-03-21 7:27 ` Bastien
2012-03-21 7:38 ` Carsten Dominik
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