On Jul 22, 2013 1:04 AM, "Kel Chan" <ktc7@sfu.ca> wrote:
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> 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
>