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From: Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: New variable request: org-archive-todo-only
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:30:41 -0500
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Bastien wrote:
> Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> In my org file I have a mix of "actionable" items (TODO items) and
>> informative items (notes, references and etc). Normally I only archive
>> TODO items when they are done, and don't archive informative items
>> (since most of them have some long-term value). So, can we add a new
>> variable to "org-archive-todo-only" to control the behavior of following
>> functions:
>>
>> 1. org-archive-subtree
>> 2. org-archive-all-done
>>     
>
> Good idea!
>
> Maybe this could be more general like this:
>
> (setq org-archive-maybe '((plain . never)
>                           (todo  . confirm)
>                           (done  . always)))
>
> where "plain" refers to informative entries (no TODO keyword), "todo"
> refers to entries with a TODO keyword, "done" refers to entries with 
> a done-state TODO keyword.
>
> This would apply for both org-archive-subtree and org-archive-all-done.
>
> Maybe we could refine it a bit and have:
>
> #+SEQ_TODO:   TODO(t) WAITING(w@) SOMEDAY(s$) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c@)
>                                            ^
>
> where the "$" sign means: always archive this todo keyword without
> asking (i.e. override the value or `org-archive-maybe')
>
>   

This certainly will cover my own needs and is more flexible (which is 
one major reason why I use org-mode) than what I proposed. Thank you and 
look forward to having it in the future releases.

Wanrong