Re: Logging state change with timestamp, but without note

[Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com>]

Hi, Carsten and Bastien,

Thanks a lot for putting a lot of thought on this. I always get more 
than I asked for here, which is rare in life. :-)

Just one more question though: Are we going to make the "CANCELED(c!)" 
notation also a global option (vs per-file option) when we define the 
TODO states in .emacs? I almost never use per-file options (except for 
exporting) as I want to stick to one simple set-up everywhere.

Thank you.

Wanrong

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Bastien,
>
> I am not sure this i a complete enough solution.  If I understand 
> Wanrong correctly,
> I think he wants to be able to define the specific states that should 
> record a time.
>
> So I guess a complete solution would be to introduce a character like 
> "!", similar to the "@" we are already using to denote taking a note.  So
>
> #+TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w@) | DELEGATED DONE CANCELED(c!)
>
> would record a note when switching to WAITING, and only a time when 
> switching to CANCELED.
>
> - Carsten
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2008, at 3:53 AM, Bastien Guerry wrote:
>
>> Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I would like to record down the time stamp when a TODO item changed its
>>> state into some specific states (like "DELEGATED"), but I don't want to
>>> be prompt with a window for notes.
>>
>> I like the idea.
>>
>> Here is a patch against latest org.el from git that implements something
>> that might suits your needs.
>>
>> If you add "%!" to one of the heading in `org-log-note-headings' then
>> Org doesn't pop up a new buffer, the log is filled automatically.
>>
>> (setq org-log-note-headings
>>      '((done . "CLOSING NOTE %t")
>>        (state . "State %-12s %t%!")
>>        (clock-out . ""))))
>>
>> Carsten, if you like it, I push it and update the manual accordingly.
>>
>> <org.el.patch>
>> -- 
>> Bastien
>