garj...@garjola.net writes: > Hi, > > For my GTD implementation with org-mode, I have been using the :next: > tag for my next actions. I would like now to use a "NEXT" TODO keyword, > which means that I need to convert all :next: tags with "TODO" headlines > into "NEXT" headlines without the :next: tag. > > I have *a lot* of org files, so an automatic procedure is needed. Since > I am not fluent in elisp, I was going to write a python script to do > this, but maybe there is already a way to do this conversion with > org-mode itself? > > The tricky thing I see with parsing is dealing with the ":" in the case > of multiple tags (I know how to do this in python, but I don't in > elisp). > > Thanks for any hint you can provide. > > Garjola
As this is a one-time change I would just use the agenda and bulk operations to fix your entries. If the files already contribute to your agenda (I assume they do) you can just run a tag match on :next: C-c a m next RET and mark all the entries returned with m (repeat for each task) then add a NEXT todo keyword B t NEXT RET and mark all the tasks again m (repeat for each task) and remove the :next: tag B - next RET and save your files. HTH, Bernt
