Windows XP: date and time-stamp for DONE items not showing-up

Windows XP: date and time-stamp for DONE items not showing-up

[Chris Henderson]

I'm new to orgmode and emacs.

I have downloaded emacs 23.3 for XP and trying to use orgmode that
comes bundled with this version of emacs.

I'm following this tutorial:
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html

When I mark a project as "Done" it doesn't show the "CLOSED" and date
and time-stamp as described in the tutorial. It just puts the "DONE"
in front of the task.

My _emacs file is under the "C:\Documents and Settings\user_name"
directory and it only has the following:

(require 'org-install)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
(define-key global-map "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(setq org-log-done t)

I have put emacs under C:\ drive and all the "org" files are under the
C:\emacs-23.3-bin-i386\emacs-23.3\lisp\org directory.

Could someone please tell me how to get the "CLOSED" and time and date
stamp for items that are marked as done?

Thanks.

Re: Windows XP: date and time-stamp for DONE items not showing-up

[Jambunathan K]

Chris Henderson <henders254@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm new to orgmode and emacs.
>
> I have downloaded emacs 23.3 for XP and trying to use orgmode that
> comes bundled with this version of emacs.
>
> I'm following this tutorial:
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html
>
> When I mark a project as "Done" it doesn't show the "CLOSED" and date
> and time-stamp as described in the tutorial. It just puts the "DONE"
> in front of the task.
>
> My _emacs file is under the "C:\Documents and Settings\user_name"
> directory and it only has the following:
>
> (require 'org-install)
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
> (define-key global-map "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
> (define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
> (setq org-log-done t)

>
> I have put emacs under C:\ drive and all the "org" files are under the
> C:\emacs-23.3-bin-i386\emacs-23.3\lisp\org directory.
>
> Could someone please tell me how to get the "CLOSED" and time and date
> stamp for items that are marked as done?

I don't see t as a valid value for org-log-done in the customization
menu or docstring and I am not sure how it is interpreted.

Have you tried

M-x customize-variable RET org-log-done RET

and choose one of the values that is offered in the menu.

,----[ C-h v org-log-done RET ]
| org-log-done is a variable defined in `org.el'.
| Its value is note
| Original value was nil
| 
| Documentation:
| Information to record when a task moves to the DONE state.
| 
| Possible values are:
| 
| nil     Don't add anything, just change the keyword
| time    Add a time stamp to the task
| note    Prompt for a note and add it with template `org-log-note-headings'
| 
| This option can also be set with on a per-file-basis with
| 
|    #+STARTUP: nologdone
|    #+STARTUP: logdone
|    #+STARTUP: lognotedone
| 
| You can have local logging settings for a subtree by setting the LOGGING
| property to one or more of these keywords.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
`----

>
> Thanks.
>
>

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