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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: DONE repeating events become TODO, not OTHER
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Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> writes:

> I have repeating events of type OTHER, as in:
>
> * OTHER Foo
>   <2015-09-16 +1w>
>
> When I have finished the task for today, I mark it done. Because it is
> a repeating event, it doesn't actually change to DONE, instead it
> changes to TODO and adds a :LAST_REPEAT: item in the :PROPERTIES:
> drawer.
>
> How do I tell this specific item, or all OTHER items in general, that
> after completion it should remain OTHER rather than changing to TODO?
>

Do you *have* to have a TODO state? If not,

#+TODO: OTHER | DONE

should do the trick. Or you could use multiple
sets:

#+TODO: TODO INPROGRESS | DONE
#+TODO: OTHER | COMPLETED

In the latter case, the keywords all have to be different.
See

   (info "(org) TODO items")

Nick