Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Bernt, > > On Jun 22, 2010, at 1:39 AM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > >> I still think 'TODO keyword' matches any todo keyword defined in >> org-todo-keywords and maybe I need to be re-educated :) > > Indeed, "TODO" is used in two different ways in the documentation. > When I talk about the TODO sparse tree, about the global TODO list (C- > c a t), and the tags-TODO match, > this means not-done TODO items. > > However, the phrase TODO keyword certainly includes DONE states. I > think we should keep it like this, and I will add the not-done in a > couple of places where it makes sense. > > Here is a patch I am proposing for this. Please take a look if > this would be sufficient to clarify the issue. >
Hi Carsten. The patch you sent was whitespace damaged so I couldn't apply it to my repository. Reading through the changes I think this helps a lot to clarify things. The only additional change I can think of that would be useful would be to explicitly state that using the agenda tags-todo or a tags search with /! will only match not-done TODO keywords. Maybe something like this? (This adds one sentence before "Examples:" and reformats the paragraph) --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi index 17615e0..550394d 100644 --- a/doc/org.texi +++ b/doc/org.texi @@ -7009,12 +7009,13 @@ different way to test TODO states in a search. For this, terminate the tags/property part of the search string (which may include several terms connected with @samp{|}) with a @samp{/} and then specify a Boolean expression just for TODO keywords. The syntax is then similar to that for -tags, but should be applied with care: for example, a positive -selection on several TODO keywords cannot meaningfully be combined with -boolean AND. However, @emph{negative selection} combined with AND can be -meaningful. To make sure that only lines are checked that actually have any -TODO keyword (resulting in a speed-up), use @kbd{C-c a M}, or equivalently -start the TODO part after the slash with @samp{!}. Examples: +tags, but should be applied with care: for example, a positive selection on +several TODO keywords cannot meaningfully be combined with boolean AND. +However, @emph{negative selection} combined with AND can be meaningful. To +make sure that only lines are checked that actually have any TODO keyword +(resulting in a speed-up), use @kbd{C-c a M}, or equivalently start the TODO +part after the slash with @samp{!}. Using @kbd{C-c a M} or @samp{/!} will +not match TODO keywords in a DONE state. Examples: @table @samp @item work/WAITING --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Thanks, Bernt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode