Problem with defining stuck projects

Problem with defining stuck projects

[Bob Heffernan]

Dear all,

I am having trouble setting org-stuck-projects in a way that works for me.

My org-files are organised something like this...
* Non-project header
  - blah, blah
  ** Foo
* TODO Project 1
  ** TODO Do this
     CLOSED: [2022-07-06 Wed 17:10] SCHEDULED: <2022-07-06 Wed>
  ** TODO Do these
  *** TODO First thing
      CLOSED: [2022-07-06 Wed 17:20] SCHEDULED: <2022-07-06 Wed>
  *** TODO Second thing
* TODO Project 2
  ** TODO Something
     SCHEDULED: <2022-07-07 Thu>

I want the following:
  1. A project is a level 1 header marked as TODO
  2. A project is not stuck if it has any sub-header that is scheduled but not closed.

So, in the example above Project 1 counts as stuck, but Project 2 does not.

What I've got so far is this:
(setq org-stuck-projects
          '("+LEVEL=1/TODO-DONE" nil nil "SCHEDULED:")

But this will clearly mark both projects 1 and 2 as stuck.
I need some way of specifying the "but not closed" part, but am at a loss as to how I can do this.

Any help is appreciated.
Regards,
Bob Heffernan

Re: Problem with defining stuck projects

[Ihor Radchenko]

Bob Heffernan <bob.heffernan@gmail.com> writes:

> I want the following:
>   1. A project is a level 1 header marked as TODO
>   2. A project is not stuck if it has any sub-header that is scheduled but not closed.
>
> So, in the example above Project 1 counts as stuck, but Project 2 does not.
>
> What I've got so far is this:
> (setq org-stuck-projects
>           '("+LEVEL=1/TODO-DONE" nil nil "SCHEDULED:")
>
> But this will clearly mark both projects 1 and 2 as stuck.
> I need some way of specifying the "but not closed" part, but am at a loss as to how I can do this.

If you have org-log-done set to 'time, your completed (closed) tasks
will contain CLOSED: ... in their planning line:

* DONE headline
CLOSED: [timestamp] SCHEDULED: [timestamp]

So, you can try the following regexp instead of "SCHEDULED:":

"^[ \t]*\\(SCHEDULED:\\|DEADLINE:\\)"

Best,
Ihor

Re: Problem with defining stuck projects

[Bob Heffernan]

On 22-07-08 12:51, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> "^[ \t]*\\(SCHEDULED:\\|DEADLINE:\\)"

Ihor,
This seems to work.  Thank you.

Regards,
Bob