I have pushed these changes now.

Carsten

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 10:24 AM Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been looking at the code for the command org-todo in combination
> with the setting of the variable org-use-fast-todo-selection.  And I am
> frustrated with the complication and special cases, so I would like to
> simplify.  Much of this complication stems from a time when the fast
> selection interface had just been implemented and I was not yet sure if I
> and others wanted to use it. I think things can be better.
>
> But that does changes something with the user interface, so I am trying to
> figure out if anyone would be bothered by this change.
>
> 1. Right now, you can set org-use-fast-todo-selection to `prefix'.  With
> this setting, fast todo keyword selection is used when you call org-todo
> with a prefix argument.  I think this is not useful and I would like to
> remove that functionality.  Is anyone even aware of this effect of C-u and
> is using this?
>
> 2. I want to change org-use-fast-todo-selection to allow these values:
>    - nil        Never use it
>    - auto    Use it, if keys have been defined.  This would make it
> similar
>                  to the tags selection.  I would accept the value `t' to
> mean the same,
>                  for backward compatibility
>    - expert  Use it, but do not pop up the window with the selections,
> only show them in the prompt (or don't show them at all,  am still
> considering).  This is because I have been bothered by the jumping windows
> when I do a selection that I do so many times a day, and where I know the
> keys blindly.
>
> The default setting would be `auto'.  I myself would be using `expert'.
>
> 3. I want to make `C-u C-c C-t' to switch the TODO state and force logging
> a time stamp and taking a note.  I am already using that functionality (now
> harder to access, on `C-u C-u C-u C-c C-t'), I find it very natural and I
> think it is often better than configuring automatic note-taking for every
> change, at least for my working environment.  Automatic note-taking slows
> me down too often.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Thanks
>
> - Carsten
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