Re: Bug: Docstrings of =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date= and =org-agenda-todo-ignore-timestamp= unclear [9.2 (release_9.2-215-g5b39d8 @ /home/mbork/others-works/emacs/org-mode/lisp/)]

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2019-06-23, at 21:29, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:

> this looks good, but i wonder if newcomers get confused about that todo thing.
>
> i am not proposing any solution, just brainstorming.
>
> the word todo is used in a few contexts in org:
>
>   - the todo keyword per se [TODO]
>   - todoish keywords as opposed to doneish keywords
>   - the global todo view as opposed to the general views that cover
> time [called daily/weekly], structured search [called tags], and
> free-form search [called search]
>
> newcomers might wonder if the global todo view does anything that the
> general views cannot do, otherwise why does it exist.
>
> some newcomers might even wonder if todo means keyword as opposed to blank.
>
> don't take this too seriously, but i wonder if that todo- confuses
> newcomers even though the docstring is now clear.

Good points, though (as you said) this is out of scope of my humble
patch:-).

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
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