From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: date added into logbook? Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 17:51:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <27237E64-67BA-4FA4-8365-3EBF9DD00B94@gilbert.org> <6E21786D-C512-4392-A624-DC37E0800A76@gilbert.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46587) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZ8mq-0008B0-Kg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2012 18:51:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZ8mo-0003Zv-R8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2012 18:51:40 -0400 Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:42164) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZ8mo-0003Yq-Hm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2012 18:51:38 -0400 Received: by bkcjm19 with SMTP id jm19so3101361bkc.0 for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 15:51:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6E21786D-C512-4392-A624-DC37E0800A76@gilbert.org> 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Michael C Gilbert Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Michael C Gilbert wrote: > On May 28, 2012, at 12:56 PM, John Hendy wrote: > >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote= : >> >>> I have a desire to better track the history of notes and tasks, as they= get created, refiled, etc. This involves several elements, but one of them= involves a piece that I've wanted for a while: a way to keep the data that= is lost when I refile an item from my default date-tree file =E2=80=94 the= date the item was created/added. >>> >>> Perhaps there is some obvious (but mysterious to me) variable I can set= for this, but I haven't found it. What I want is to be able to have a stri= ng similar to the others added to the logbook (like " - Refiled on [2012-05= -28 Mon 11:33]"), but for the date/time the item first appeared. >> >> Bernt Hansen does this (I think this is what you're looking for). Can th= is help? >> -- http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#sec-15-21 > > > Thank you! There it is, on the web, 80% of what I was looking for (of cou= rse). This certainly has the same intent. It does not add any metadata (suc= h as a prefix " - Added on "), but the documentation for org-insert-time-st= amp makes it obvious how to do that. What eludes me is how to make it obey = the org-clock-into-drawer setting. I'm assuming it doesn't. > > =E2=80=94 Michael > > Yes, I'm not sure about that either... I wonder if looking at the code for what makes todo state changes and properties log into :LOGBOOK: might help? I don't know any elisp to make sense of that. Perhaps Bernt will see this and illuminate us both? John