On 17.9.2013, at 17:56, Jeff Kowalczyk <jeff.kowalczyk@gmail.com> wrote:

> Carsten Dominik writes:
>> Please take a look at the variable org-use-fast-tag-selection
>> and see if there is a setting that you find useful.
> 
> Thanks Carsten, 'auto is the behaviour I am seeking.
> 
> Is org-use-fast-tag-selection 'auto working as intended? It seems to
> be acting like value t as described in the function doc string.

Well, yes.  If you specify only a single selection character, Org thinks that you want selection characters and assigns random ones to the others as well.

I do now understand what you mean.

No, this is currently not possible.  I might take a look at this after the 8.2 release.

- Carsten

> 
> My Emacs 24 with org-mode git master has the default value:
> 
> : org-use-fast-tag-selection
> : auto
> 
> I can reproduce a minimal test file:
> 
> 
> #+TAGS: { admin(a) reporting(r) util(u) foo }
> #+TAGS: { projecta projectb projectc(c) }
> #+TAGS: { billable(b) nonbillable(e) unknown(k) }
> 
> * headline
> 
> 
> Where C-c C-c on headline gives the selector:
> 
> 
> Inherited:
> Current:
> 
> { [a] admin         [r] reporting     [u] util          [f] foo    }
> { [p] projecta      [d] projectb      [c] projectc      }
> { [b] billable      [e] nonbillable   [k] unknown       }
> 
> 
> I would have anticipated only explicit single key selectors, e.g.:
> 
> 
> Inherited:
> Current:
> 
> { [a] admin         [r] reporting     [u] util          foo    }
> {     projecta      projectb          [c] projectc      }
> { [b] billable      [e] nonbillable   [k] unknown       }
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> 
> 
>