On 2015-09-16 at 17:37, Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ken Mankoff <mank...@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.
Yes it does the trick. I had to switch the buffer out of and back into Org mode for it to work, but now it does. Thank you, -k.