miscellaneous prefix keywords like "TODO"

miscellaneous prefix keywords like "TODO"

[Alan E. Davis]

On the orgmode web site there's a todo page.  There are a bunch of 
prefix words: TODO, IDEA, WISH, QUESTION, DECLINED, DONE

I hope I'm not asking the obvious: how can I implement that aside from a 
list of alternative states?   Then have them show up in agendas?

Thank you for org-mode.  It is really helpful.  Forgive me please for 
several posts.

Alan Davis

-- 
   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
    butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
    balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying,
    take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations,
    analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a
    tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is
    for insects.                              ---Robert A. Heinlein

Re: miscellaneous prefix keywords like "TODO"

[Alan E. Davis]

Alan E. Davis wrote:
> On the orgmode web site there's a todo page.  There are a bunch of 
> prefix words: TODO, IDEA, WISH, QUESTION, DECLINED, DONE
>
> I hope I'm not asking the obvious: how can I implement that aside from 
> a list of alternative states?   Then have them show up in agendas?
>
Maybe I have asked the obvious.
I found a note in the org manual about this variable:

(setq org-todo-keywords '((type "Fred" "Sara" "Lucy" "|" "DONE")))


Also, I have found and installed the following in a file:

#+TYP_TODO: TODO MAYBE WAITING NEXT DONE ONGOING

How can I use both?  Does the file variable override the variable in 
.emacs.el? 

Perhaps I should have done more research, but I still would very much 
appreciate comments.  I admit I am somewhat confused, and my 
implementation is not well developed.

Thank you,

Alan

-- 
   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
    butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
    balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying,
    take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations,
    analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a
    tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is
    for insects.                              ---Robert A. Heinlein

Re: Re: miscellaneous prefix keywords like "TODO"

[Eddward DeVilla]

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan E. Davis wrote:
>
> > On the orgmode web site there's a todo page.  There are a bunch of prefix
> words: TODO, IDEA, WISH, QUESTION, DECLINED, DONE
> >
> > I hope I'm not asking the obvious: how can I implement that aside from a
> list of alternative states?   Then have them show up in agendas?
> >
> >
>  Maybe I have asked the obvious.
>  I found a note in the org manual about this variable:
>
>  (setq org-todo-keywords '((type "Fred" "Sara" "Lucy" "|" "DONE")))
>
>
>  Also, I have found and installed the following in a file:
>
>  #+TYP_TODO: TODO MAYBE WAITING NEXT DONE ONGOING
>
>  How can I use both?  Does the file variable override the variable in
> .emacs.el?
>  Perhaps I should have done more research, but I still would very much
> appreciate comments.  I admit I am somewhat confused, and my implementation
> is not well developed.
>
>  Thank you,
>
>  Alan

First off, the manual actually is quite good.  At least I've found it
to be a good reference and good for searching (when you view the
manual as a single file).  The lisp expression sets the default.  The
'#+' line overrides for the file.  Actually, I've never really use the
lisp expression.  Since there is now the ability to have multiple
sequences of todo states, I guess I don't know if it's an override or
if it's just adding a new sequence.  I would guess it's an override
though since I do not have the TODO/DONE sequence in any of the files
where I've added the '#+' entry.

Edd

Re: Re: miscellaneous prefix keywords like "TODO"

[Manish]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan E. Davis wrote:
>
> > On the orgmode web site there's a todo page.  There are a bunch of prefix
> words: TODO, IDEA, WISH, QUESTION, DECLINED, DONE
> >
> > I hope I'm not asking the obvious: how can I implement that aside from a
> list of alternative states?   Then have them show up in agendas?
> >
> >
>  Maybe I have asked the obvious.
>  I found a note in the org manual about this variable:
>
>  (setq org-todo-keywords '((type "Fred" "Sara" "Lucy" "|" "DONE")))
>
>
>  Also, I have found and installed the following in a file:
>
>  #+TYP_TODO: TODO MAYBE WAITING NEXT DONE ONGOING
>
>  How can I use both?  Does the file variable override the variable in
> .emacs.el?
>  Perhaps I should have done more research, but I still would very much
> appreciate comments.  I admit I am somewhat confused, and my implementation
> is not well developed.
>

IMHO, you should start with tutorials page[1], get a little used to of
it (org-mode) and work out how you would like to setup, read the
manual, try, try again and then come back with problems you face in
detail.

-- Manish
1. http://orgmode.org/#sec-5.3