Re: Bug: Priority Of A Task In Emacs 27.2 Cannot Be Removed With Space Key ("SPC to remove")

["Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com>]

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Gotcha, yeah I only use priority 1 through 5 with a kind of "Getting Things Done" mentality to file things away in their right place.

I don't like using letters unfortunately, but thanks for this potential workaround in that case.

Clearing priorities with a space and enter doesn't work though, and I believe this is a bug.

On Thu, May 27, 2021, at 1:26 AM, Tim Cross wrote:
> 
> Not sure how easy it would be to restore the previous behaviour. I guess
> if you restricted numerical priorities to 0 .. 9 it would be reasonably
> easy as you only need to check for a single key press. However, once you
> go above 9 and have the situation where the value could be more than a
> single key press, you have no way to know when input is finished.
> 
> It should be noted that the old behaviour using letters for priorities
> still works (as does clearing wiht a space). Personally, I've always
> been happy with just letters and 3 priorities. I find once you go past
> about 3 or 4, priorities don't have a lot of value. YMMV of course.
> 
> "Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com <mailto:sbanya%40fastmail.com>> writes:
> 
> > Thanks for confirming this as I didn't know if it was my config or something.
> >
> > I'd like to add if possible, if there would the ability to restore the previously functionality of being able to just hit a number from 1 to 9 to set the priority
> > of a task as well.
> >
> > Didn't want to conflate things too much, but it would be great if there was a config option around this before I would have to make a workaround in Elisp
> > instead.
> >
> > On Thu, May 27, 2021, at 4:05 AM, Tim Cross wrote:
> >
> >  Confirmed
> >
> >  I can reproduce this in org 9.4.6, Emacs 27.2. Bug confirmed.
> >
> >  "Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com <mailto:sbanya%40fastmail.com>> writes:
> >
> >  > Hello there,
> >  >
> >  > I noticed a weird bug within Emacs Org Mode as I use it often for my TODO lists for both personal use and for work.
> >  >
> >  > I noticed that if you hit "C-c ," you are prompted nowadays to enter a number from like 1 to whatever your highest priority was set to, and that
> >  you have
> >  > to enter in the number and THEN press enter.
> >  >
> >  > This behavior on a side note is a little annoying since I usually only use priorities 1 through 5, and don't want to have to hit enter each time. I kind
> >  of wish
> >  > I could just go back to just hitting '1' or '5' and moving on. But, I understand this was to make the ceiling of the highest priority be like 65 or
> >  something
> >  > like that, so I understand why this was included.
> >  >
> >  > My main point is that the "SPC to remove" option doesn't actually work.
> >  >
> >  > If you try doing "C-c ," then hit Space, and then press Enter, the priority of the task still remains the same.
> >  >
> >  > Workaround:
> >  > I've had to manually delete the priority number as a workaround which is a bit annoying.
> >  > I've used F3 as a on-the-fly macro to quickly do this across multiple todo list items as well.
> >  > However, it does feel a little awkward having to do this, so I'm wondering if anyone has encountered this as well.
> >  >
> >  > Thanks,
> >  >
> >  > Sam
> >
> >  -- 
> >  Tim Cross
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tim Cross
> 
> 

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