From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lawrence Bottorff Subject: Confusion with :PROPERTIES: insertion Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:52:43 -0500 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b6741e8cbed2504d7f9771e Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGXs6-00035s-AG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:52:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGXs5-0001zg-29 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:52:46 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f43.google.com ([209.85.160.43]:34495) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGXs4-0001zV-Se for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:52:44 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f43.google.com with SMTP id md12so4064719pbc.2 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:52:43 -0700 (PDT) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --047d7b6741e8cbed2504d7f9771e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 (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? LB --047d7b6741e8cbed2504d7f9771e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've got a header, after which I want to insert

* He= ader
=A0 :PROPERTIES:
=A0 :CUSTOM_ID: [2013-03-15 Fr= i 11:22]
=A0 :END:

I've tried = C-c C-x d and C-u M-x org-insert-drawer. Sometimes=A0C-c C-x d works (offer= ing only [RESULTS] which creates empty :: ... :END:), sometime it does noth= ing.=A0C-u M-x org-insert-drawer sometimes offers me choices, sometimes doe= sn't telling me I should use=A0C-c C-x d. Once I do get

=A0 :PROPERTIES:
=A0
=A0 :END:

C-c C-x p offers me choices (I choose :CUSTOM_ID= :) and seems to work properly, but again, sometimes does nothing after affi= rming prompting,

What am I doing wrong. I simply want to have a timestam= p property for each header. Can anyone advise me how to create this :PROPER= TIES: insertion behavior consistently?

LB
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