On Feb 10, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Bastien wrote:

> Ian Barton <lists@manor-farm.org> writes:
>
>>>
>>>> Taking the snippet below as an example. If I try to add a  
>>>> Property below My
>>>> Bank using C-c C-x p I am offered completions for the Properties  
>>>> defined
>>>> under Web Site Passwords, not Bank Details. Is this a bug, or am I
>>>> misunderstanding the scope of the Columns directive?
>>>
>>> The COLUMN property just defines the column view, not the properties
>>> themselves.  When you set a property with `C-c C-x p', the prompt  
>>> offers
>>> completion over all the properties that are found in the current  
>>> buffer.
>>>
>>> Does that answer your question?
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Bastien. Yes and no:) In my example if I type ACC in the mini
>> buffer Emacs returns No Match, whereas I assume it should offer
>> ACCOUNTNO as a completion.
>
> This is not the current behavior.
>
> You have to actually use a property as a property (not as a column in
> the :COLUMNS: property) so that the prompt offers it for completion.
>
> But I agree it would be useful if Org were recognizing values in
> :COLUMNS: as properties, even when they are not yet in use.

Yes, I just fixed this, thanks.

  Carsten