On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:29:26PM +0000, Loyall, David wrote: > > (I'm not so experienced with org-mode, so I would need at least some > > assistance how such a TODO item should look like) > > A 'headline' is a 'TODO item' if-and-only-if it contains one of the TODO > Keywords in the appropriate position. > > See: http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html > > While you're in that document, have a look at the various structures that can > live inside a headline (for example, timestamps). > > Everyone: Is that a proper answer to the question? :)
Yes and no. The pointer to the syntax is spot on. But what would have made it complete was a pointer to the API docs. After all no need for David to reimplement things. Since he needs to work with TODOs, the following section in the manual should help. <http://orgmode.org/manual/Using-the-mapping-API.html#Using-the-mapping-API> -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
