>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:00:07 +0000, Myles English said:

> 1. start with emacs -q
> 2. find file test-sums.org (attached)
> 3. adjust paths in the source block at the top of the file and evaluate
>    (execute?) it with C-c
> 4. goto the columnview block and C-c

> I would expect a table like this to be inserted:

> | ITEM                                        |  Sum |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | * Introduction                              | 5:40 |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | ** test sums                                | 0:30 |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | ** Getting warmed up                        | 5:10 |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | *** Nitty gritty                            | 5:10 |
> | *************** TODO Do something fantastic | 5:00 |
> | *************** END                         |      |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | **** This is not added                      | 0:10 |
> | *************** TODO Do something else      | 0:10 |
> | *************** END                         |      |

> Hoever, the table looks like this:

> | ITEM                                        |  Sum |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | * Introduction                              | 5:30 |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | ** test sums                                | 0:30 |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | ** Getting warmed up                        | 5:00 |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | *** Nitty gritty                            | 5:00 |
> | *************** TODO Do something fantastic | 5:00 |
> | *************** END                         |      |
> |---------------------------------------------+------|
> | **** This is not added                      | 0:10 |
> | *************** TODO Do something else      | 0:10 |
> | *************** END                         |      |

> i.e. the 0:10 is not being picked up in the accumulation.

The attached patch produces the expected output, for the same test file:

I am an elisp novice so please would someone check this before I tag it
as a [PATCH].  In particular, something I am not sure about is the
"(require 'org-inlinetask)" which obviously introduces a dependency.