Re: org-todo-keywords and task sequence

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> The problem is (I think), when you attach @ or ! to the state and, as you
> cycle thru (S-right), new unintended notes will be added as you cycle to
> the state you're looking for.  True?

If you attach @ or !, those notes are not unintended.
S-right is not for you to play around, it is for actual work on actual
tasks. If you tell Org to take a not on switching to next TODO state,
that's what you want. If you don't want it, don't put @ or !.

> Can you repeat a keyword in org-todo-keywords? Perhaps there should be a
> sparse table defining, for a current state, what are the potential next
> states? ...

No. S-right feature is there for simple workflows.
I am against introducing complex workflows for no reason.
It will do no good for the users. Complex workflows are rarely useful in
practice, except some specialized scenarios, which are not common enough
to include into the core.

And yes, you can use org-edna or custom org-trigger-hook if you need
something non-orthodox.

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