Org-mode Version 5.07

Org-mode Version 5.07

[Carsten Dominik]

I am releasing org-mode version 5.07.

http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/Tools/org

Emacs CVS (emacs 23...) also has this new version.

Enjoy!

- Carsten


Changes in version Version 5.07
-------------------------------

* Overview

   - Different faces for different TODO keywords.

   - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.

   - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.

   - Sorting can be done by priority.

   - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.

   - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.

   - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.

* Incompatible changes

   - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
     ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.

   - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.

* Details

   - You can now define different faces for different TODO
     keywords.  This request has come up frequently, so here it
     is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.

     A Here is a configuration example:

      (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
        '(("TODO"      . org-warning)
          ("DEFERRED"  . shadow)
          ("CANCELED"  . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
                         :underline t))))

     Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
     keywords that have no specific face assigned.

   - Some People use TODO states more like tags.  For them the
     TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
     switch between states in arbitrary sequence.  The standard
     TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
     that the states are reached in sequence.  However, the fast
     tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this.  You can
     now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
     states.  All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
     states, just like you also do for tags.

      #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
      #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)

     Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
     will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
     switch the entry to that state.

   - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
     information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
     archive file, should be stored as special properties.  For
     example,

      (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))

     will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
     ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively.  The
     default setting for this variable is to save everything that
     could be lost.  This was a proposal by John Wiegley.

   - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort.  Use
     the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt.  John Wiegley, again.

   - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
     ellipsis more visible.  This is based on a post by Tassilo
     Horn.  Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
     might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
     affect the folding ellipsis globally.

   - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
     CLOSED.  This was a request by Brian van den Broek.  Let me
     know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
     an option.

   - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'.  Currently,
     if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
     `org-agenda-files' after a query.  When this option is set,
     the file will simply be skipped.

   - Bug fixes.




--
Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477

Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Bernt Hansen]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:

>   - Some People use TODO states more like tags.  For them the
>     TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
>     switch between states in arbitrary sequence.  The standard
>     TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
>     that the states are reached in sequence.  However, the fast
>     tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this.  You can
>     now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
>     states.  All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
>     states, just like you also do for tags.
>
>      #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
>      #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
>
>     Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
>     will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
>     switch the entry to that state.

This is a great idea... except the DONE(d) entry messes up the agenda
view => DONE tasks appear in the agenda again.

Bernt

Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Carsten Dominik]

That is a really stupid little mistake, fixed now in 5.07a.
Sorry about the messup.

- Carsten

On Aug 30, 2007, at 15:26, Bernt Hansen wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>
>>   - Some People use TODO states more like tags.  For them the
>>     TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
>>     switch between states in arbitrary sequence.  The standard
>>     TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
>>     that the states are reached in sequence.  However, the fast
>>     tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this.  You can
>>     now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
>>     states.  All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
>>     states, just like you also do for tags.
>>
>>      #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
>>      #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
>>
>>     Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
>>     will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
>>     switch the entry to that state.
>
> This is a great idea... except the DONE(d) entry messes up the agenda
> view => DONE tasks appear in the agenda again.
>
> Bernt
>
>

--
Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477

Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Tassilo Horn]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:

Hi Carsten,

>      #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)

Is it possible to set those globally via `org-todo-keywords', too?  If
yes, what's the syntax?

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
Jesus can walk on water, but Chuck Norris can walk on Jesus. 

Re: Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 30, 2007, at 17:10, Tassilo Horn wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>
> Hi Carsten,
>
>>      #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
>
> Is it possible to set those globally via `org-todo-keywords', too?  If
> yes, what's the syntax?

You can just write the keywords like "TODO(t)" in the global list, that 
should
work.  I am not happy about it because this is different from the tags 
setting.
So I might modify the "official" syntax at some point - that is why the
syntax above is not documented.  However, I expect that writing it like 
this
will continue to work - so go ahead and use it.

- Carsten

Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Tassilo Horn]

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Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:

Hi Carsten,

>>>      #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
>>
>> Is it possible to set those globally via `org-todo-keywords', too?
>> If yes, what's the syntax?
>
> You can just write the keywords like "TODO(t)" in the global list,
> that should work.  I am not happy about it because this is different
> from the tags setting.  So I might modify the "official" syntax at
> some point - that is why the syntax above is not documented.  However,
> I expect that writing it like this will continue to work - so go ahead
> and use it.

I tried it and it gave an error.  Then I tried the SEQ_TODO version with

#+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) STARTED(s) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) DEFERRED(D) CANCELLED(c)

and got the same error when I do C-c C-c on a TODO.

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument sequencep 97)
  org-add-props(97 nil face nil)
  byte-code("\b\fÆÇ!q‚\0È É ÊÆÇ!!Ë ÌÍ	\nÎ$ÌÏ\v\fÐ$Ñ!Ò\v/\"\x0e01Ó2Ô31A1@\x164^\x0e4ÕƒmÖ5B5×63ÔUgÔ3ÎcØc‚=\x0e4Ùƒ\0Ö6Ô3Úc‚=\x0e4@7Ö84A–\x0e4A9æÛ7Û7!ÜU¦Ý§ÔÖO!:Þ:;\"¿Þ:<\"ÙÞ2;\"ÑÞ2<\"Ý\x0e2T2¿\x0e:88ä\x0e296õ\x0e575@B ß7Öà7\vƒ\x01\f\x11\x0e7	ƒ\x01\n\x11Ö$73ÔU#\x0e6#ácâ9ã7ä=7GZåZæ\"±ˆ79B;B;3T\x163>U=Îc\x0e6XácÔ3=\x0e;\x16;Îceb\bvçè!vè éê\x16?ë@!\x0e?Šìí\vî#" [expert inherited i-face current c-face exit-after-next get-buffer-create " *Org tags*" delete-other-windows split-window-vertically org-switch-to-buffer-other-window erase-buffer org-fast-tag-insert "Inherited" "\n" "Current" "\n\n" org-fast-tag-show-exit org-set-current-tags-overlay 97 0 (:startgroup) nil t "{ " (:endgroup) "}\n" string-to-char 64 1 rassoc org-add-props face "  " "[" "] " make-string 4 32 fboundp fit-window-to-buffer exit (byte-code "ÆÇ\b\nÈ\vÉ	\x13Ê\x1c\n^[Ë\x1cÌ#ÍÎ )\x14ÏU2ÐÑÍ\"‚a\fÒUM\b?ebÓÔÕÍ#aÖ×!‚>\fØUy	aÙ\n?\x12!‚aÕÚ Û ÜÝ!Þß!aß ‚a\fàUŒ\fáU—â\f\"—ã>!Í?a\fäU©Õ@\naå‚a\fæUæÕçèˆéêA\"ÝëìAC\"\x0eA@ƒÖíA@\"@Ý\x0eA@B@\naå‚aâ\fB\"\x16C@\x16A\nrDqŠîA!*\naå‚aâ\f\"\x16C@\x16Aa\x0eA@ƒ+íA@\"@[\bEÕFE:S\x0eE@FAFƒJïðF\"\x0eEA\x16E3*A@B@\naåñ@ò\"@\nå=sÐÑÍ\"ebóô!`õ |ö÷@G#ø@H\"ÓùÕÍ#Âúû!AüûûýA@ƒ®\x0eG¼\x0eAIƒ»\x0eJ¼ÕD#‚\x01eb‚\0" [groups expert exit-after-next inhibit-quit c ntable message "[a-z..]:Toggle [SPC]:clear [RET]:accept [TAB]:free%s%s" " [!] no groups" " [!]groups" " [C-c]:window" " [C-c]:single" " [C-c]:multi" t read-char-exclusive 13 throw exit 33 re-search-forward "[{}]" nil replace-match " " 3 org-fast-tag-show-exit delete-other-windows split-window-vertically org-switch-to-buffer-other-window " *Org tags*" fboundp fit-window-to-buffer 7 113 rassoc org-detach-overlay 32 now 9 ... ... string-match "\\S-" add-to-list buffer-tags delete org-todo mapcar #[... "Â\b	\"\x11" [x current delete] 3] sort ...] 7) org-detach-overlay mapconcat identity ":" ov-prefix fulltable tbl ...] 7)
  org-fast-tag-selection(nil nil ((97 . "APPT") (99 . "CALL") (101 . "PURCHASE")) ((:startgroup) ("CANCELLED" . 99) ("DEFERRED" . 68) ("DONE" . 100) ("WAITING" . 119) ("STARTED" . 115) ("TODO" . 116) (:endgroup)))
  org-set-tags(nil)
  call-interactively(org-set-tags)
  org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c(nil)
  call-interactively(org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c)

`org-todo-keywords' has its default value.

Bye,
Tassilo

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Re: Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:36, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument sequencep 97)
>   org-add-props(97 nil face nil)
>   byte-code("\b\fÆÇ!q‚\0È É ÊÆÇ!!Ë  
> ÌÍ	\nÎ$ÌÏ\v\fÐ$Ñ!Ò\v/ 
> \"\x0e01Ó2Ô31A1@\x164^\x0e4ÕƒmÖ5B5×63ÔUgÔ3ÎcØc‚=\x0e4Ùƒ\0Ö6Ô3Úc‚=\x0e4@7Ö84A–\x0e4A9æÛ7Û7! 
> ÜU¦Ý§ÔÖO!:Þ:;\"¿Þ:<\"ÙÞ2;\"ÑÞ2<\"Ý\x0e2T2¿\x0e:88ä\x0e296õ\x0e575@B ß7Öà7\vƒ\x01\f\x11\x0e7	 
> ƒ\x01\n\x11Ö$73ÔU#\x0e6#ácâ9ã7ä=7GZåZæ\"±ˆ79B;B;3T\x163>U=Îc\x0e6XácÔ3=\x0e;\x16;Îceb\bvçè! 
> vè éê\x16?ë@!\x0e?Šìí\vî#" [expert inherited i-face current c-face  
> exit-after-next get-buffer-create " *Org tags*" delete-other-windows  
> split-window-vertically org-switch-to-buffer-other-window erase-buffer  
> org-fast-tag-insert "Inherited" "\n" "Current" "\n\n"  
> org-fast-tag-show-exit org-set-current-tags-overlay 97 0 (:startgroup)  
> nil t "{ " (:endgroup) "}\n" string-to-char 64 1 rassoc org-add-props  
> face "  " "[" "] " make-string 4 32 fboundp fit-window-to-buffer exit  
> (byte-code "ÆÇ\b\nÈ\vÉ	\x13Ê\x1c\n^[Ë\x1cÌ#ÍÎ  
> )\x14ÏU2ÐÑÍ\"‚a\fÒUM\b?ebÓÔÕÍ#aÖ×!‚>\fØUy	aÙ\n?\x12!‚aÕÚ Û ÜÝ!Þß!aß  
> ‚a\fàUŒ\fáU—â\f\"—ã>!Í? 
> a\fäU©Õ@\naå‚a\fæUæÕçèˆéêA\"ÝëìAC\"\x0eA@ƒÖíA@\"@Ý\x0eA@B@\naå‚aâ\fB\"\x16C@\x16A\n 
> rDqŠîA!*\naå‚aâ\f\"\x16C@\x16Aa\x0eA@ƒ+íA@\"@[\bEÕFE: 
> S\x0eE@FAFƒJïðF\"\x0eEA\x16E3*A@B@\naåñ@ò\"@\nå=sÐÑÍ\"ebóô!`õ  
> |ö÷@G#ø@H\"ÓùÕÍ#Âúû!AüûûýA@ƒ®\x0eG¼\x0eAIƒ»\x0eJ¼ÕD#‚\x01eb‚\0" [groups expert  
> exit-after-next inhibit-quit c ntable message "[a-z..]:Toggle  
> [SPC]:clear [RET]:accept [TAB]:free%s%s" " [!] no groups" " [!]groups"  
> " [C-c]:window" " [C-c]:single" " [C-c]:multi" t read-char-exclusive  
> 13 throw exit 33 re-search-forward "[{}]" nil replace-match " " 3  
> org-fast-tag-show-exit delete-other-windows split-window-vertically  
> org-switch-to-buffer-other-window " *Org tags*" fboundp  
> fit-window-to-buffer 7 113 rassoc org-detach-overlay 32 now 9 ... ...  
> string-match "\\S-" add-to-list buffer-tags delete org-todo mapcar  
> #[... "Â\b	\"\x11" [x current delete] 3] sort ...] 7) org-detach-overlay  
> mapconcat identity ":" ov-prefix fulltable tbl ...] 7)
>   org-fast-tag-selection(nil nil ((97 . "APPT") (99 . "CALL") (101 .  
> "PURCHASE")) ((:startgroup) ("CANCELLED" . 99) ("DEFERRED" . 68)  
> ("DONE" . 100) ("WAITING" . 119) ("STARTED" . 115) ("TODO" . 116)  
> (:endgroup)))

This looks very odd, as if your setup of org-tags-list is the wrong way  
round.

I should be

(setq org-tags-list
  '(("APPT" . ?a) ("CALL" . ?c) .....))

But yours seems to be
(setq org-tags-list
  '((?a . "APPT") (?c . "CALL") .....))

Please check.

- Carsten

Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Tassilo Horn]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:

Hi Carsten,

> This looks very odd, as if your setup of org-tags-list is the wrong
> way round.

Hm, I use a CVS emacs 3 hours old, but org-tags-list is not known
there.  I guess you mean org-tag-alist, right?

> I should be
>
> (setq org-tags-list
>  '(("APPT" . ?a) ("CALL" . ?c) .....))
>
> But yours seems to be
> (setq org-tags-list
>  '((?a . "APPT") (?c . "CALL") .....))

Yes, that's it.  But then the docs are wrong, too.  See

,----[ C-h v org-tag-alist RET ]
| org-tag-alist is a variable defined in `org.el'.
| Its value is shown below.
| 
| Documentation:
| List of tags allowed in Org-mode files.
| When this list is nil, Org-mode will base TAG input on what is already
| in the buffer.

| The value of this variable is an alist, the car may be (and should) be
|                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| a character that is used to select that tag through the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^
| fast-tag-selection interface.  See the manual for details.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| Value: 
| ((#("APPT" 0 4
|     (face nil))
|   . 97)
|  (#("CALL" 0 4
|     (face nil))
|   . 99)
|  (#("PURCHASE" 0 8
|     (face nil))
|   . 101))
`----

Now I've set org-todo-keywords to

    '((sequence "TODO(T)" "STARTED(S)" "WAITING(W)"
                "|" "DONE(D)" "DEFERRED(F)" "CANCELLED(C)"))

which works, too.

But I've discovered another minor glitch.  When I toggle from CANCELLED
to TODO the CLOSED timestamp gets removed, which is a good thing.  When
I use C-c C-c T RET to do the same the timestamp persists.

Bye,
Tassilo
-- 
No person,  no idea, and no  religion deserves to be  illegal to insult,
not even the Church of Emacs. (Richard M. Stallman)

Re: Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 31, 2007, at 12:53, Tassilo Horn wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>
> Hi Carsten,
>
>> This looks very odd, as if your setup of org-tags-list is the wrong
>> way round.
>
> Hm, I use a CVS emacs 3 hours old, but org-tags-list is not known
> there.  I guess you mean org-tag-alist, right?

My typo, should be `org-tag-alist'.

> Yes, that's it.  But then the docs are wrong, too.  See

Yes, you are right, `car' needs to be `cdr'.  One letter.... :-)

> But I've discovered another minor glitch.  When I toggle from CANCELLED
> to TODO the CLOSED timestamp gets removed, which is a good thing.  When
> I use C-c C-c T RET to do the same the timestamp persists.

Yes, this need to be fixed, thanks.

- Carsten

Re: Re: Org-mode Version 5.07

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 31, 2007, at 12:53, Tassilo Horn wrote:
>
> But I've discovered another minor glitch.  When I toggle from CANCELLED
> to TODO the CLOSED timestamp gets removed, which is a good thing.  When
> I use C-c C-c T RET to do the same the timestamp persists.

Fixed, thanks.

- Carsten