From: Juri Krivov <jkrivov@gmail.com>
To: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Why are special properties like CLOSED etc. not in the properties drawer?
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:59:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTim=_8tt8MDuy+6uV6NzGtSAHBV2ng@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vcyskax1.fsf@norang.ca>
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On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
> Marcel van der Boom <marcel@hsdev.com> 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.
>
I stumbled recently over this old message which may have relevancy
for this
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/3783
Juri
>
> The idea of including timestamps in property drawers is a fairly recent
> development in org-mode.
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-05 11:36 Why are special properties like CLOSED etc. not in the properties drawer? Marcel van der Boom
2011-04-05 14:52 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-04-05 15:59 ` Juri Krivov [this message]
2011-04-06 9:34 ` Marcel van der Boom
2011-04-05 17:27 ` Michael Brand
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