Re: "clearing" the state of an org-mode subtree

[Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info>]

Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> org-mode files are plain text. M-% to do a replacement: once you've
> entered your search term and its replacement, hit ! to replace all
> without question.

Yes, one can do this, but note that it's not entirely a no-brainer.  You
need to:

1.  clear all the check boxes and then recompute all checkbox counts in
the region.  [this isn't a simple tag replacement]

2.  replace all non-TODO keywords with TODO.  This is a replacement, but
not a simple one to do with M-%

3.  Wipe out all of the notes that were added with state changes.
Again, this can be done with a replacement command, but it's not a
trivial one.

This is one of those cases where automating a task will not pay back the
investment (at least not to me, individually), so I think I'd better
just do it by hand.

Thanks, everyone,

r



> 
> 2009/10/9 Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info>:
>> I'm at about my one year anniversary using Org-mode, and I have a bit of
>> an odd question.  Last year, I made a subtree that was a project for
>> getting ready for winter (I live in Minnesota, which has harsh winters).
>>
>> I worked my way through that list, and now I'd like to do the whole
>> thing over again.
>>
>> So I'd like to copy the subtree (this I believe I can easily do), and
>> then clear it.  That is, I'd like to reset all the TODOs from DONE to
>> TODO, and clear all the check boxes.
>>
>> This seems like a really odd thing to do, so there probably isn't
>> automation for it, but before I go groveling over it by hand, I thought
>> I'd ask.
>>
>> thanks!
>> R
>>
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