Hi Sebastien

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:32, Sebastien Vauban
> Instead of using the TODO state "NEW", I tried using "NEW>" so that it
> occupies 4 letters, as all my other states (better display in the agenda).
>
> Though...
>
> * TEST Do this
>
> Simply use S-right arrow to cycle through the different states, and you'll see
> "NEW>" added many times:
>
> - DONE Do this
> - CANX Do this
> - Do this
> - NEW> Do this
>
>  which "prooves" that "NEW>" is well somehow considered as a TODO state,
>  being added automagically, but the next cycle steps don't succeed...
>
> - NEW> NEW> Do this
> - NEW> NEW> NEW> Do this
> - ...
>
> I find this behavior not entirely satisfying, even if I can fully accept that
> ">" is a forbidden character in the TODO states. For example, we could think
> of a warning being generated, or of the state being fully ignored, or ...

It works with this patch
http://patchwork.newartisans.com/patch/964
from Nicolas which I am still using to test it.

> BTW, do you have an alternative for this "NEW" state, in 4 positions? ;-)

What about NEVV ?  (ok, it was a joke)

Michael

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