Chris Wallace <chris.wall...@cimr.cam.ac.uk> writes: > On 10/10/11 14:52, Jason Dunsmore wrote: >> Chris Wallace<chris.wall...@cimr.cam.ac.uk> writes: >> >>> I want to include in my agenda only things that are TODO, or are >>> scheduled and not marked DONE, or have a deadline and are not marked >>> DONE. This is how agenda worked a year ago before I went on maternity >>> leave, and now something has changed and I am seeing lots of DONE >>> tasks which had a deadline -780 days ago. >>> >>> I have tried removing all org customisations relating to the agenda >>> and todo list, and have read the agenda part of the manual, but I >>> can't get this to work. >> >> You can use: >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> (setq org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t) >> (setq org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t) >> (setq org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-done t) >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Jason, > > thank you for the quick reply. I do have those variables set. I have > now commented one by one every line in my org setup and customisation > and found that the problem only occurs when customize includes the > line: > > '(org-todo-keywords (quote ((sequence "TODO" "DONE" "|" "CANCELLED"))))
I think the vertical bar placement is your problem, from the manual: "The vertical bar separates the TODO keywords (states that need action) from the DONE states (which need no further action)." Try this: '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE" "CANCELLED")) Regards, Jason
