Re: org-clock-find-position confusion (bug?)

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>
To: Ethan Blanton <elb@psg.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-clock-find-position confusion (bug?)
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:16:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <F1EB0189-4B1F-4E63-B251-D4E08D9CB83B@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080928034922.GA22412@elb.elitists.net>

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Hi Ethan,

On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:49 AM, Ethan Blanton wrote:

> Thanks for taking care of my last issue so quickly; as a reward, I've
> found another one!  ;-)  (Seriously, thanks for the blazing turn
> around last time -- and thanks for org-mode, I'm finding a lot of
> things to love!)
>
> org-clock-find-position (6.07b again) displays unexpected behavior
> when it encounters a clock line preceding a bulleted list.
> Specifically, when a :CLOCK: drawer is created, the drawer encompasses
> the first list item.  E.g.:
>
> * Heading
>  CLOCK: [2008-09-27 Sat 14:00]--[2008-09-27 Sat 14:30] =>  0:30
>  - Bullet 1
>  - Bullet 2
>
> Clocking in on this item again will yield (if drawer creation is
> enabled):
>
> * Heading
>  :CLOCK:
>  CLOCK: [2008-09-27 Sat 15:00]
>  CLOCK: [2008-09-27 Sat 14:00]--[2008-09-27 Sat 14:30] =>  0:30
>  - Bullet 1
>    :END:
>  - Bullet 2
>

The reason for this behavior is that Org sometimes records a note when  
the clock is stopped in an item.  That note is formatted like an item  
and attached directly to the CLOCK line.  When a drawer is created,  
this note should go into the drawer.

A work-around would be to leave an empty line before your list, like so:

* Heading

   - bullet 1
   - bullet 2

If you then clock this entry, Org will know that "bullet 1" is not a  
clocking note.

HTH

- Carsten

> Looking at org-clock-find-position, this seems to be intentional;
> removing the (if (org-at-item-p) (org-end-of-item)) statement "fixes"
> this behavior for me, but may be breaking something else which I am
> not seeing.
>
> Ethan
>
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