The patch has error, it does not work for the following example file
/tmp/example.org
* DONE s1
* DONE s2
* DONE s3
The below patch works for all the cases
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 8a1fbd3..93d603f 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -12858,7 +12858,8 @@ only lines with a TODO keyword are included in the
outpu
;; Get the correct position from where to continue
(if org-map-continue-from
(goto-char org-map-continue-from)
- (and (= (point) lspos) (end-of-line 1)))))
+ (and (= (point) lspos) (end-of-line 1)))
+ (setq org-map-continue-from nil)))
(when (and (eq action 'sparse-tree)
(not org-sparse-tree-open-archived-trees))
(org-hide-archived-subtrees (point-min) (point-max)))
- Balamayam
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:18 AM, bala subramaniyam <balama...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
> The variable "org-map-continue-from" is not reset to nil
> after the funcall to action in function "org-scan-tags".
>
> Heres the patch which works
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index 8a1fbd3..54ab5fb 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -12848,7 +12848,8 @@ only lines with a TODO keyword are included in the
> output."
> (setq org-map-continue-from nil)
> (save-excursion
> (setq rtn1 (funcall action))
> - (push rtn1 rtn)))
> + (push rtn1 rtn))
> + (setq org-map-continue-from nil))
> (t (error "Invalid action")))
>
> ;; if we are to skip sublevels, jump to end of subtree
>
> To see the error in action assume that we want to archive all the "DONE"
> states in the file
> /tmp/test.org which contains the following lines.
> * s1
> ** DONE ss1
> ** NEXT ss2
>
>
> (defun my-org-archive-subtree ()
> (setq org-map-continue-from (point-at-bol))
> (org-archive-subtree))
>
> (org-map-entries 'my-org-archive-subtree "/DONE" (list "/tmp/test.org"))
>
> While the org-scan-tags funciton parses the first subheading(**DONE ss1)
> the match is
> successful and the function "my-org-archive-subtree" is called which sets
> the variable
> "org-map-continue-from" value to *beginning of line* and this variable is
> not set back to nil after the function call ends, which leads to infinite
> loop while parsing the subsequent headlines which does not match the "DONE"
> state(**NEXT ss2).
>
> Regards,
> Balamayam
>
