I completely overlooked the fact that in column mode editing an item with no properties creates those properties.
Thats 90% of the way there. Is there a way to specify a default? On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:20:04PM -0400, Bernt Hansen wrote: > Russell Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So I'm setting up a sample project using column view to experiment > > with durations, assignment, etc. > > > > I've noticed that I'm duplicating my property drawer manually, and was > > curious if there is a way to setup a default property drawer for new > > items or a new todo hook I can tap into. > > If you use column view (C-c C-x C-c) and enter durations it creates > property drawers in tasks that don't already have them. > > There's also a function org-insert-property-drawer. > > I've got the following setup: > > (setq org-global-properties '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 > 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00"))) > (setq org-columns-default-format "%40ITEM(Task) %17Effort(Estimated > Effort){:} %CLOCKSUM") > > and I just C-c C-x C-c on a parent task and use S-right to assign the > effort durations to each task. > > HTH, > Bernt > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode