* duplicate PROPERTIES drawers
@ 2015-02-22 21:37 Ken Mankoff
2015-02-23 8:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Ken Mankoff @ 2015-02-22 21:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org-mode
I have found many task with duplicate PROPERTIES drawers. I saw mention
on the list that, "...it will be invalid for a LOGBOOK to
appear before PROPERTIES in Org 8.3."
It seems that tasks don't have properties by default, and if I LOG an
item, I get a LOGBOOK drawer. If properties are added later (by touching
the item with MobileOrg, or adding a property with "C-c C-x p", then
PROPERTIES go below the LOGBOOK. I'm not sure what is going on to create
the second PROPERTIES drawer.
Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas what I am doing wrong.
I've found many of these tasks manually. I haven't been able to search
and list them progragmatically (I've been trying using grep and other
shell tools on my Org files).
Is there a way to list all tasks with duplicate properties, or all tasks
where :PROPERTIES: is not the first item listed, if that is a
requirement?
Thanks,
-k.
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* Re: duplicate PROPERTIES drawers
2015-02-22 21:37 duplicate PROPERTIES drawers Ken Mankoff
@ 2015-02-23 8:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-02-23 14:02 ` Ken Mankoff
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2015-02-23 8:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ken Mankoff; +Cc: Org-mode
Hello,
Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:
> I have found many task with duplicate PROPERTIES drawers. I saw mention
> on the list that, "...it will be invalid for a LOGBOOK to
> appear before PROPERTIES in Org 8.3."
>
> It seems that tasks don't have properties by default, and if I LOG an
> item, I get a LOGBOOK drawer. If properties are added later (by touching
> the item with MobileOrg, or adding a property with "C-c C-x p", then
> PROPERTIES go below the LOGBOOK.
This shouldn't happen in master branch.
There is a function in ORG-NEWS that will repair old documents, but it
will _not_ merge duplicate properties drawers.
> I'm not sure what is going on to create the second PROPERTIES drawer.
>
> Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas what I am doing wrong.
>
> I've found many of these tasks manually. I haven't been able to search
> and list them progragmatically (I've been trying using grep and other
> shell tools on my Org files).
>
> Is there a way to list all tasks with duplicate properties, or all tasks
> where :PROPERTIES: is not the first item listed, if that is a
> requirement?
This should find such entries.
(org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer 'element) 'headline
(lambda (h)
(and (org-element-map h 'drawer
(lambda (d) (equal (org-element-property :name d) "PROPERTIES"))
nil t 'headline)
(let ((begin (org-element-property :begin h)))
(message "Entry with erroneous properties drawer at %d" begin)
begin))))
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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* Re: duplicate PROPERTIES drawers
2015-02-23 8:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2015-02-23 14:02 ` Ken Mankoff
2015-02-23 15:44 ` Ken Mankoff
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ken Mankoff @ 2015-02-23 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Goaziou; +Cc: Org-mode
On 2015-02-23 at 03:35, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:
> Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have found many task with duplicate PROPERTIES drawers. I saw mention on the list that, "...it will be invalid for a LOGBOOK to appear before PROPERTIES in Org 8.3."
>>
>> It seems that tasks don't have properties by default, and if I LOG an item, I get a LOGBOOK drawer. If properties are added later (by touching the item with MobileOrg, or adding a property with "C-c C-x p", then PROPERTIES go below the LOGBOOK.
>
> This shouldn't happen in master branch.
Hmm. It is happening on the latest melpa install. Or maybe on an earlier version and I'm only seeing it now. I run melpa, no git versions.
> There is a function in ORG-NEWS that will repair old documents, but it will _not_ merge duplicate properties drawers.
Thanks for the hint. I've found that and run it, but get an error because "org-planning-line-re" 'symbols variable is void'. Searching that I see mention that error is indicative of a mixed installation. But when I grep (or ack) for "org-planning-line-re" in the elpa/org-20150216 folder, it doesn't exist. If I rewrite that line to "org-planning-or-clock-line-re", then it works, and I see items get repaired. I can run this on all my Org files, but as you point out, it won't help with tasks that are already messed up with two property drawers. I also don't think I have a mixed install because I cons elpa to the load-path before I access any Org functions.
I've tried to run the code you sent:
> (org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer 'element) 'headline
> (lambda (h)
> (and (org-element-map h 'drawer
> (lambda (d) (equal (org-element-property :name d) "PROPERTIES"))
> nil t 'headline)
> (let ((begin (org-element-property :begin h)))
> (message "Entry with erroneous properties drawer at %d" begin)
> begin))))
>
But nothing happens. It seems to be an incomplete solution. I tried wrapping it in an interactive function call, but I'm a lisp newbie and it doesn't list the entries with duplicate properties for me, on this system.
-k.
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* Re: duplicate PROPERTIES drawers
2015-02-23 14:02 ` Ken Mankoff
@ 2015-02-23 15:44 ` Ken Mankoff
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ken Mankoff @ 2015-02-23 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Goaziou; +Cc: Org-mode
On 2015-02-23 at 09:02, Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2015-02-23 at 03:35, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
> wrote:
>
> Hmm. It is happening on the latest melpa install. Or maybe on an
> earlier version and I'm only seeing it now. I run melpa, no git
> versions.
>
>> There is a function in ORG-NEWS that will repair old documents,
>> but it will _not_ merge duplicate properties drawers.
>
> Thanks for the hint. I've found that and run it, but get an
> error because "org-planning-line-re" 'symbols variable is void'.
> Searching that I see mention that error is indicative of a mixed
> installation...
It looks like that function exists in 8.3 I've upgraded to 8.3beta
(git) and now things work better.
-k.
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