Robert Goldman <rpgold...@sift.info> writes: > Andrew Stribblehill wrote: >> org-mode files are plain text. M-% to do a replacement: once you've >> entered your search term and its replacement, hit ! to replace all >> without question. > > Yes, one can do this, but note that it's not entirely a no-brainer. You > need to: > > 1. clear all the check boxes and then recompute all checkbox counts in > the region. [this isn't a simple tag replacement] > > 2. replace all non-TODO keywords with TODO. This is a replacement, but > not a simple one to do with M-% > > 3. Wipe out all of the notes that were added with state changes. > Again, this can be done with a replacement command, but it's not a > trivial one. > > This is one of those cases where automating a task will not pay back the > investment (at least not to me, individually), so I think I'd better > just do it by hand. > > Thanks, everyone,
Have you thought about using yasnippet? I have a repeating set of TODOs in a particular order that I have to do every month. Rather than reusing the old structure, I just insert it again from a snippet. That way I also have all my notes from last month too. Paul _______________________________________________ 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
