From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Recurring tasks and arbitrary properties Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 14:09:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87tw8rb5rg.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <87wpdo6xmr.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cVHtx-0004Ox-Ff for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:09:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cVHtu-0000MU-9v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:09:45 -0500 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:39756) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cVHtu-0000MA-3F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:09:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wpdo6xmr.fsf@luisa.c0t0d0s0.de> (Michael Welle's message of "Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:06:36 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Michael Welle Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hello, Michael Welle writes: > a task like this behaves like a recurring task, i.e. if I set the task > state to DONE it is automatically switched back to TODO. Is that the > intended behaviour? > > * TODO task1 > :PROPERTIES: > :FOO: <2017-03-12 Sun ++1w> > :END: Historically, location of regular (i.e., non scheduled non deadline) active time stamps in an entry has always been sloppy. In particular, Org Agenda happily processes active time stamps in properties drawers. IMO, this shouldn't be the case, but I can see a use for it and doing otherwise would probably break a lot of documents for little benefit. So, yes, this is the intended behaviour. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou