From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Are colons forbidden for TODO keywords?
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:35:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o7tpkdv0.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMg28Ove8-xwW1oi=ej2NNaGyS6YD6yxc34vBzzhqt-uCBZ1Wg@mail.gmail.com>
Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com> writes:
> *Am I correct that colons are forbidden for TODO keywords (at very least as
> the last character)? *
> I can't see an explicit prohibition in the manual, or in
> https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html, but I'm seeing behavior that
> suggests there perhaps should be, as follows.
Colons should be allowed, AFAIK.
> However I've just noticed that the colons do seem to be a problem for smart
> tree construction. For example, if I run 'C-c / T' and provide "DONE:"
> (with colon) as the keyword, no headlines are found, despite there being
> many with that keyword in the relevant file. But if I provide "DONE" (no
> colon)[1] as the keyword, then all of my "DONE:" (with colon) headlines are
> found.
Could you please provide an MWE?
See https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback
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