Archiving old instances of repeating todos

Archiving old instances of repeating todos

[lbmlist]

How do you archive old instances of repeating todos, C-c C-x C-s archives
the whole thing. I'd like to have something that would take the following:

** TODO Mutter an oath
    DEADLINE: <2012-02-13 Mon ++1d -0d>
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-12 Sun 16:25]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-09 Thu 18:43]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-08 Wed 12:32]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-07 Tue 19:28]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-06 Mon 15:45]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-05 Sun 17:27]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-03 Fri 12:20]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-02 Thu 22:00]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-01 Wed 17:47]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-31 Tue 19:32]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-30 Mon 17:52]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-29 Sun 12:30]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-28 Sat 23:05]

and archive it so that the active part would appear something like:

** TODO Mutter an oath
    DEADLINE: <2012-02-13 Mon ++1d -0d>
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-12 Sun 16:25]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-09 Thu 18:43]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-08 Wed 12:32]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-07 Tue 19:28]


And the archive would look something like:

** TODO Mutter an oath
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-06 Mon 15:45]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-05 Sun 17:27]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-03 Fri 12:20]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-02 Thu 22:00]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-01 Wed 17:47]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-31 Tue 19:32]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-30 Mon 17:52]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-29 Sun 12:30]
    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-28 Sat 23:05]



Any help would be appreciated.

Louis

Re: Archiving old instances of repeating todos

[Bernt Hansen]

lbmlist@hethcote.com writes:

> How do you archive old instances of repeating todos, C-c C-x C-s archives
> the whole thing. I'd like to have something that would take the following:
>
> ** TODO Mutter an oath
>    DEADLINE: <2012-02-13 Mon ++1d -0d>
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-12 Sun 16:25]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-09 Thu 18:43]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-08 Wed 12:32]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-07 Tue 19:28]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-06 Mon 15:45]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-05 Sun 17:27]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-03 Fri 12:20]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-02 Thu 22:00]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-01 Wed 17:47]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-31 Tue 19:32]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-30 Mon 17:52]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-29 Sun 12:30]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-28 Sat 23:05]
>
> and archive it so that the active part would appear something like:
>
> ** TODO Mutter an oath
>    DEADLINE: <2012-02-13 Mon ++1d -0d>
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-12 Sun 16:25]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-09 Thu 18:43]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-08 Wed 12:32]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-07 Tue 19:28]
>
>
> And the archive would look something like:
>
> ** TODO Mutter an oath
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-06 Mon 15:45]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-05 Sun 17:27]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-03 Fri 12:20]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-02 Thu 22:00]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-01 Wed 17:47]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-31 Tue 19:32]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-30 Mon 17:52]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-29 Sun 12:30]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-01-28 Sat 23:05]
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Louis,

After some time when the repeating task has accumulated enough log stuff
I clone the task with time shift of 1 day in this case.
There's a problem with ++ and cloning so I remove the repeater on the
old task (it works fine with just +1d) and delete my LOGBOOK drawer in
the new repeating task.

When the old task is DONE I archive that with C-c C-x C-s and start
accumulating new stuff in the new repeating task.

HTH,
Bernt

Re: Archiving old instances of repeating todos

[Brian Wightman]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:33 AM, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
> lbmlist@hethcote.com writes:
>
>> How do you archive old instances of repeating todos, C-c C-x C-s archives
>> the whole thing. I'd like to have something that would take the following:
>>
>> ** TODO Mutter an oath
>>    DEADLINE: <2012-02-13 Mon ++1d -0d>
>>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2012-02-12 Sun 16:25]

I also note that you do not keep your state messages inside of a
logbook drawer.  If you are just concerned with seeing the data and
not with it accumulating there, you could stuff it inside a LOGBOOK
drawer.

   (setq org-clock-into-drawer t)

or the equivalent configuration options should configure this.

--Brian