Re: A file with 'org-mode rot'?

[Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com>]

Hi Karl,

Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:

> In the recent weeks I had the issue that LOGBOOK drawers were
> moved before PROPERTIES drawers ending up in double PROPERTIES
> drawers where the second one is ignored (habit, ...) or just one
> LOGBOOK drawer followed by one ignored PROPERTIES drawer:
>
> * example heading with two PROPERTIES drawers
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CREATED:  [2014-08-02 Sat 11:37]
> :END:
> :LOGBOOK:...
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CREATED:  [2014-07-16 Mon 14:42]
> :STYLE: habit
> :END:
>
> * example heading with LOGBOOK before PROPERTIES and thus being ignored
> :LOGBOOK:...
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CREATED:  [2014-07-16 Mon 14:42]
> :STYLE: habit
> :END:
>
> (I am using (org-expiry-insinuate) to automatically create the
> PROPERTIES drawer with the CREATED line if this matters here.)
>
> This results in a big mess on my agenda and I had to fix those
> headings semi-manually. Very annoying!
>
> I don't have a clue, what causes this behavior since there is only a
> (large) sub-set of my headings that got this mix-up.

There has been an incompatible change for 8.3 about a month ago.  Since
then property drawers need "to be located right after a headline and its
planning line, when applicable."  See file etc/ORG-NEWS and commit
1aad53b.  Note also the org-repair-property-drawers function there.


HTH,  Marco
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