On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Wanrong Lin wrote:
Hi,
My TODO sequence is set up as following:
(setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "STARTED(s!)"
"WAITING(w@/!)" "MAYBE(m/!)" "DELEGATED(g@/!)" "DEFERRED(d!/!)"
"HOLD(h!/!)" "|" "DONE(x)" "CANCELED(c)")))
The state change logging is great, but I wonder whether we can
further improve it:
1. Can we also include the original state in the log message?
i.e.: instead of having - State "DEFERRED" [2009-02-11 Wed
11:38]
we can have
- State "DEFERRED" from "HOLD" [2009-02-11 Wed 11:38]
The message will be clearer, and useful even when somebody edited
the TODO keyword in place without using the "org-todo" command (in
that case, simply looking at all the "destination states" in the log
message does not give us the right information).
This strikes me like a useful idea, in particular if you are
jumping between states, or if only some states record logging info.
So I have added this capability. If you are configuring
the variable `org-log-note-headings', use the %S (capital S) as
a place holder for the old state.
2. Can we put all of those state change history logging messages
into a drawer like "STATE-HIST" (when the drawer is defined in org-
drawers), so it is less intrusive in the file?
I do like the idea to be able to put state changes into a drawer,
but I do not think that making it dependent on what it is org-drawers
is good. So lets use a separate variable:
If you configure org-log-state-notes-into-drawer, you can get all new
state changes into a drawer (sorry, no automatic wrapping of old ones).
Note that putting state log into a drawer will remove it from
export. If you want to export state changes, try
#+OPTIONS: d:("LOGBOOK")
Thank you for giving a thought on it.
Thank you for contributing very good ideas!
- Carsten
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