Re: switching between todo groups

[Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>]

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>>> Mh... how do you "remember" what set you're using for en entry?  
>>
>> I don't know the details of the elisp but I assume that for one open
>> file there is a "current sequence" variable? It is initialised to the
>> first.
>
> `org-todo-sets' is buffer-local and is a list of keywords sets.
>
> AFAIK there is no variable identifying the "current sequence". 
>
> And I don't know if such a variable would be useful, because the
> "current sequence" has no sense outside each specific headline.
>
> BTW, having slightly different keywords could be a temporary
> workaround.  What about:
>
>   #+SEQ_TODO: TODO_1 | DONE_1
>   #+SEQ_TODO: TODO_2 NEXT WAITING | DONE_2
>
>> It is only to be remembered for the life of the session.
>
> I think I need an example to see how such a piece of information could
> be used...  can you provide one?

I'm not sure I understand.

I set the todo sequence for a particular task and it remembers, for the
life of the session, which is the sequence in use for that task. Nothing
more, nothing less and not very, very important, just "nice". Reason? I
want "Done", "Cancelled" on all or most sequences.