Adding user-defined task state for agenda

Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Peter Davis]

I'm trying to add a NOTE state so that I can use agenda to quickly view a list of notes that I've embedded in various documents. I
have

(setq org-todo-keywords
      '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))

in my .emacs, and I put

** NOTE This is an example of a note.

But when I view the agenda, I get this:

Global list of TODO items of type: NOTE
Available with `N r': (0)[ALL] (1)TODO (2)DONE (3)NOTE (4)APPT (5)CANCELLED (6)FEEDBACK (7)VERIFY (8)DELEGATED

and that's all. I can see that there's a NOTE state, but nothing shows up in the list.

Have I overlooked something?

Thank you!

-pd

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Kyle Meyer]

Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:

> I'm trying to add a NOTE state so that I can use agenda to quickly view a list of notes that I've embedded in various documents. I
> have
>
> (setq org-todo-keywords
>       '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))
>
> in my .emacs, and I put
>
> ** NOTE This is an example of a note.

Is the Org heading above in one of your agenda files or in a file that
you've restricted the agenda to (e.g, with "<")?

--
Kyle

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Peter Davis]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to add a NOTE state so that I can use agenda to quickly view a list of notes that I've embedded in various documents. I
>> have
>>
>> (setq org-todo-keywords
>>       '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))
>>
>> in my .emacs, and I put
>>
>> ** NOTE This is an example of a note.
>
> Is the Org heading above in one of your agenda files or in a file that
> you've restricted the agenda to (e.g, with "<")?

Sorry, yes, the heading is in an agenda file. I can see TODOs and DONEs in that file.

Thanks,
-pd

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Kyle Meyer]

Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:

> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:
>
>> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'm trying to add a NOTE state so that I can use agenda to quickly view a list of notes that I've embedded in various documents. I
>>> have
>>>
>>> (setq org-todo-keywords
>>>       '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))
>>>
>>> in my .emacs, and I put
>>>
>>> ** NOTE This is an example of a note.
>>
>> Is the Org heading above in one of your agenda files or in a file that
>> you've restricted the agenda to (e.g, with "<")?
>
> Sorry, yes, the heading is in an agenda file. I can see TODOs and DONEs in that file.

Hmm.. when I set org-todo-keywords to the value above, headings with the
NOTE keyword show up.  Can you reproduce it with emacs -Q and a minimal
Org configuration?  What version of Org are you using?

--
Kyle

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Peter Davis]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
>> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:
>>
>>> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to add a NOTE state so that I can use agenda to quickly view a list of notes that I've embedded in various documents. I
>>>> have
>>>>
>>>> (setq org-todo-keywords
>>>>       '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))
>>>>
>>>> in my .emacs, and I put
>>>>
>>>> ** NOTE This is an example of a note.
>>>
>>> Is the Org heading above in one of your agenda files or in a file that
>>> you've restricted the agenda to (e.g, with "<")?
>>
>> Sorry, yes, the heading is in an agenda file. I can see TODOs and DONEs in that file.
>
> Hmm.. when I set org-todo-keywords to the value above, headings with the
> NOTE keyword show up.  Can you reproduce it with emacs -Q and a minimal
> Org configuration?

I'm not sure how to do that.

> What version of Org are you using?

8.3.2

Thanks,
-pd

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Kyle Meyer]

Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:

[...]

>>  Can you reproduce it with emacs -Q and a minimal Org configuration?
>
> I'm not sure how to do that.

You can put something like

    (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/your/org-mode/lisp/")
    (require 'org)

    (setq org-todo-keywords
          '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY"
                      "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))

    (setq org-agenda-files '("/tmp/test.org"))

in a file, say org-minconfig.el.

And something like

    * NOTE h1

    * TODO h2

in /tmp/test.org.

Then, in the same directory as org-minconfig.el, start emacs with

    $ emacs -Q -l org-minconfig.el --visit /tmp/test.org

and see if running "M-x org-agenda T NOTE" lists the NOTE heading.

--
Kyle

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Peter Davis]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>>  Can you reproduce it with emacs -Q and a minimal Org configuration?
>>
>> I'm not sure how to do that.
>
> You can put something like
>
>     (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/your/org-mode/lisp/")
>     (require 'org)
>
>     (setq org-todo-keywords
>           '((sequence "NOTE" "APPT" "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY"
>                       "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED" "CANCELLED")))
>
>     (setq org-agenda-files '("/tmp/test.org"))
>
> in a file, say org-minconfig.el.
>
> And something like
>
>     * NOTE h1
>
>     * TODO h2
>
> in /tmp/test.org.
>
> Then, in the same directory as org-minconfig.el, start emacs with
>
>     $ emacs -Q -l org-minconfig.el --visit /tmp/test.org
>
> and see if running "M-x org-agenda T NOTE" lists the NOTE heading.


Hmmm. It worked in the minimal case, but still doesn't work in my normal environment.

-pd

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Kyle Meyer]

Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:

[...]

> Hmmm. It worked in the minimal case, but still doesn't work in my
> normal environment.

Well that gives you something to go on.  I'd recommend looking for parts
of your normal Org configuration that seem like they could affect this
and dumping small bits into the minimal config from above to see if any
result in NOTE not being listed.

  $ emacs -Q -l <minconfig> --visit /tmp/test.org -f org-todo-list   

Or, if nothing stands out to you as suspicious, you could use a binary
search approach, similar to what git bisect does.  But the details of
doing that would depend on how your config files are organized.

--
Kyle

Re: Adding user-defined task state for agenda

[Peter Davis]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> Hmmm. It worked in the minimal case, but still doesn't work in my
>> normal environment.
>
> Well that gives you something to go on.  I'd recommend looking for parts
> of your normal Org configuration that seem like they could affect this
> and dumping small bits into the minimal config from above to see if any
> result in NOTE not being listed.
>
>   $ emacs -Q -l <minconfig> --visit /tmp/test.org -f org-todo-list   
>
> Or, if nothing stands out to you as suspicious, you could use a binary
> search approach, similar to what git bisect does.  But the details of
> doing that would depend on how your config files are organized.

Thanks, Kyle. I just tried saving one of my "real" org files as test.org, and repeated the experiment with the minimal config, and
it FAILED ... the NOTE headings did not show up.

I also tried saving the simple test.org file in my regular org files folder, and it FAILED again.

So I can't isolate either the emacs setup file or the org file itself.

-pd