Re: Logging state change with timestamp, but without note

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Feb 14, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Wanrong Lin wrote:

>
> Hi, Carsten and Bastien,
>
> Thanks a lot for putting a lot of thought on this. I always get more  
> than I asked for here, which is rare in life. :-)
>
> Just one more question though: Are we going to make the  
> "CANCELED(c!)" notation also a global option (vs per-file option)  
> when we define the TODO states in .emacs? I almost never use per- 
> file options (except for exporting) as I want to stick to one simple  
> set-up everywhere.


Yes, obviously.

- Carsten

>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Wanrong
>
> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> Hi Bastien,
>>
>> I am not sure this i a complete enough solution.  If I understand  
>> Wanrong correctly,
>> I think he wants to be able to define the specific states that  
>> should record a time.
>>
>> So I guess a complete solution would be to introduce a character  
>> like "!", similar to the "@" we are already using to denote taking  
>> a note.  So
>>
>> #+TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w@) | DELEGATED DONE CANCELED(c!)
>>
>> would record a note when switching to WAITING, and only a time when  
>> switching to CANCELED.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2008, at 3:53 AM, Bastien Guerry wrote:
>>
>>> Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I would like to record down the time stamp when a TODO item  
>>>> changed its
>>>> state into some specific states (like "DELEGATED"), but I don't  
>>>> want to
>>>> be prompt with a window for notes.
>>>
>>> I like the idea.
>>>
>>> Here is a patch against latest org.el from git that implements  
>>> something
>>> that might suits your needs.
>>>
>>> If you add "%!" to one of the heading in `org-log-note-headings'  
>>> then
>>> Org doesn't pop up a new buffer, the log is filled automatically.
>>>
>>> (setq org-log-note-headings
>>>     '((done . "CLOSING NOTE %t")
>>>       (state . "State %-12s %t%!")
>>>       (clock-out . ""))))
>>>
>>> Carsten, if you like it, I push it and update the manual  
>>> accordingly.
>>>
>>> <org.el.patch>
>>> -- 
>>> Bastien
>>
>
>
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