stop clocking in from changing todo state for a subtree

stop clocking in from changing todo state for a subtree

[Rainer Stengele]

Hi!

Clocking in changes my TODO state from TODO to INWORK, which is ok.

I have some tasks which I want to stay with the initial TODO state when
clocking time to it.
Can I configure this behavior through a property inhibiting the state
change when clocking?

Thanks!

Rainer

Re: stop clocking in from changing todo state for a subtree

[Bernt Hansen]

Hi Rainer,

Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele@online.de> writes:

> Clocking in changes my TODO state from TODO to INWORK, which is ok.
>
> I have some tasks which I want to stay with the initial TODO state when
> clocking time to it.
> Can I configure this behavior through a property inhibiting the state
> change when clocking?

Sure you can with an appropriate hook function.

This is what I use to prevent clock in to NEXT when it is a capture task
or a project/subproject (ie. any task with subtasks)

You can modify it to use a property instead to achieve what you want.

The helper functions (bh/is-task-p, bh/is-project-p) are available at
http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html

Regards,
Bernt

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;; Change tasks to NEXT when clocking in
(setq org-clock-in-switch-to-state 'bh/clock-in-to-next)

(defun bh/clock-in-to-next (kw)
  "Switch a task from TODO to NEXT when clocking in.
Skips capture tasks, projects, and subprojects.
Switch projects and subprojects from NEXT back to TODO"
  (when (not (and (boundp 'org-capture-mode) org-capture-mode))
    (cond
     ((and (member (org-get-todo-state) (list "TODO"))
           (bh/is-task-p))
      "NEXT")
     ((and (member (org-get-todo-state) (list "NEXT"))
           (bh/is-project-p))
      "TODO"))))
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