emacs-orgmode@gnu.org archives
 help / color / mirror / code / Atom feed

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>
To: org-mode list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: RFC: changes to the way prefix arguments work for the command org-todo
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:24:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADn3Z2JFTSE7evHPEq0qCho+AQWVwbbQNQK9RjMHcjmv3ho_Cw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1972 bytes --]

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

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2393 bytes --]

next             reply	other threads:[~2019-08-13  8:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-13  8:24 Carsten Dominik [this message]
2019-08-13  8:39 ` RFC: changes to the way prefix arguments work for the command org-todo Fraga, Eric
2019-08-13 21:38 ` Stig Brautaset
2019-08-16  6:50 ` Carsten Dominik

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

  List information: https://www.orgmode.org/

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=CADn3Z2JFTSE7evHPEq0qCho+AQWVwbbQNQK9RjMHcjmv3ho_Cw@mail.gmail.com \
    --to=dominik@uva.nl \
    --cc=emacs-orgmode@gnu.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link

Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox

	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).