From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
To: Kel Chan <ktc7@sfu.ca>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: property with multiple values, or suggestions for a course planning system
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:13:56 -0500 [thread overview]
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On Jul 22, 2013 1:04 AM, "Kel Chan" <ktc7@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> disclaimer: new to org and emacs.
>
> question: How can I associate more than one value to a property?
>
> I'm implementing a course planning tool b/c the one provided by my
university sucks.
>
> Ideally, each course offered is a second level heading with a property
"offering" with multiple possible values: fall, spring, odd spring, even
summer, etc. And similar to "offering", each heading also have "prereq" and
"designation" property.
>
As an alternative, what about tags?
Or
:spring: t
:fall: t
Etc...
Instead of needing it all in one property drawer?
Just an idea,
John
> I would like to create a sparse-tree by searching for some property to
view a tree of courses and plan accordingly. The problem is that each
property can only have one value.
>
> Is property the best way to implement this system? If not, can you
suggest something else?
>
> Thanks,
> kel
>
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2013-07-22 6:03 ` property with multiple values, or suggestions for a course planning system Kel Chan
2013-07-22 7:57 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-07-22 13:13 ` John Hendy [this message]
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