Hi Alan, Alan Ristow <a...@ristow.info> writes:
Thanks for the information. I had a vague feeling I had read something about the problem, but failed to find it again after being away on holiday. Cheers, Loris > This seems like the same issue I was having last month. A patch was posted > here: > > https://orgmode.org/list/87wnpxv1d8.fsf@localhost/ > > As far as I can see, it has not yet been applied to the official org repo, > but I > applied the patch manually to my local org and everything has worked fine > since. > > I tried to check https://updates.orgmode.org/ for more info, but got a 502 Bad > Gateway error. > > Alan > > > On 8/18/21 8:10 AM, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The following MWE >> >> * Test repeating task >> >> ** My tasks >> >> *** TODO Test task >> SCHEDULED: <2021-08-18 Wed +1w> >> >> works fine: >> >> * Test repeating task >> >> ** My tasks >> >> *** TODO Test task >> SCHEDULED: <2021-08-25 Wed +1w> >> :PROPERTIES: >> :LAST_REPEAT: [2021-08-18 Wed 07:50] >> :END: >> >> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2021-08-18 Wed 07:50] >> >> However, when part of a larger file, the state information is inserted twice: >> >> * Test repeating task >> >> ** My tasks >> >> *** TODO Test task >> SCHEDULED: <2021-08-25 Wed +1w> >> :PROPERTIES: >> :LAST_REPEAT: [2021-08-18 Wed 08:02] >> :END: >> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2021-08-18 Wed 08:02] >> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2021-08-18 Wed 08:02] >> >> Moreover for a similar task in the same larger file, when the state is >> changed to DONE, I get the error >> >> user-error: Before first headline at position 1 in buffer gtd.org >> >> and neither the SCHEDULED date nor the LAST_REPEAT date are updated: >> >> *** DONE Read mail >> SCHEDULED: <2021-08-18 Wed +1w> >> :PROPERTIES: >> :LAST_REPEAT: [2021-07-21 Wed 08:32] >> :ID: 639369df-7c91-443a-89bd-b7f97719bda7 >> :END: >> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2021-08-18 Wed 07:27] >> >> I'm running Org mode version 9.4.6 on Emacs 26.1. >> >> Any ideas what I could look for in the larger Org file which might be >> causing the problem? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Loris