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How to update statistics cookies on file save?
For some reason, I can't get either of these to work. I'm trying to update the statistics cookies on TODO's automatically when the file saves.
(add-hook 'after-save-hook 'org-update-statistics-cookies)...
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How to hide TODOs of future dates in org-agenda weekly view?
I like it when I enter the org-agenda weekly view and see the hourly view of my day with my recurring tasks that have specific time period of doing.
But since these tasks are recurring , I see them ...
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Add a blank line between headings in the Global TODO list
My Global TODO list shows headings one after another, without any spacing between headings.
To me this looks a little crowded, and it would be easier to see the end of one heading and the start of the ...
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Auto resetting lists' statuses in org-mode. Is it possible?
I've got sets of tasks which I have to do every day, every week and every month.
These sets of tasks are barely changing, and they are to remind about boring, unwanted things to do.
Is there any ...
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In Org-Agenda, how to show a complete file's summarized TODO status in one single line?
I often work in projects where all TODO items are bundled in one separate file. Often, I have quite a bit of TODO items which are then cluttering the agenda, while what I actually want is just a line ...
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Repeater broken after edits to org-after-todo-state-change-hook
Title is pretty self explanatory. I have implemented the below solution to 'clock in' when I change my org-todo state to IN-PROGRESS and 'clock out' when I leave that state.
(add-hook 'org-after-todo-...
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Automatically clock in when I switch task mode to "in progress"
Title is pretty self-explanatory. I apologize for not being able to figure this out myself, I'm new to emacs.
When I switch a task from 'todo' to 'in-progress', I would like emacs to automatically ...
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Any way in Org to directly set a heading's state to a particular one?
The standard workflow for switching heading states in Org (TODO/DONE) is to leaf through them with C-c C-t, or to assign letters to them and switch directly to the wanted state. These seem to be ...
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How to show timestamped entries without TODO status
I understand from the manual that the command for doing a search of agenda entries which have a timestamp before today is as follows:
TIMESTAMP<"<today>"
If I additionally want to ...
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Can TODO headings in org mode inherit part of the heading style, specifically fontsize?
Emacs initiate here, I've just now added different heading sizes for org-mode to my init file, according to the answer on this page: Setting for org-mode bullet font size
(custom-set-faces
'(org-...
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Link to item in org document
I have nested headings with lists on them. I want to create a list outside of all those headings that "links" or references items in the other lists, such that changes on them, will affect ...
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Org mode don't unfold log entry when changing task to done
I find it quite useful to have the log of when I completed a task in org mode, but get a bit annoyed at the fact that when a TODO is changed to DONE, the log is visible. Is it possible to have it ...
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The property ORDERED does not prevent switching TODO state
a minimal example to get my question clear (copied from the Org Manual to my org file, only changed the last line):
* Parent
:PROPERTIES:
:ORDERED: t
:END:
** TODO a
** TODO b, needs to wait for (a)
*...
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Start emacs with Global TODO list along with default org file
How can I open the global TODO list along side my default Org file.
Even with Desktop Save mode is on, whenever I open Emacs, only the org file reopens, and not the buffer with the global TODO list.
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Close org todo with all subtasks
I have a task with multiple subitems in different states, and I would like to have a binding to switch the task and all its subtasks to the same state (DONE). I know that I can ignore state blocking, ...
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Multiple timestamps for various states in TODO lists
I'm finding TODO lists in org-mode incredibly useful. For example, say I have a task to send an email, I define the following sequence in my init.el file:
;; Sequence in TODO list
(setq org-todo-...
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How add specifc string(ex: TODO) along with a comment character for a specifc mode?
Based on specific mode, by using a keybinding I want to add a TODO string that is preceded by an unique comment character. For example, (org-mode is exception since ** does not stands for comment and ...
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Workflow to collect TODO notes from various files into an org agenda
I often want to add TODO notes inside of my latex files I am currently working on or inside of other source code files scattered around in my filesystem.
The problem with this is that those TODO notes ...
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Issue with face heading for certain todo keyword in orgmode
When I define todo keywords relative to "done" states, the formatting of the heading disappear as below
Where should I start to look ?
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Cycle Through Org Mode Todo Tags Based on Tag
I have one org file, inbox.org, which I use for keeping all of my todos. I have todos of several categories, like:
work
memory
fitness
outreach
and so on.
Is there a way to order these tags to ...
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Org mode: how to set a deadline to an already appointed meeting date
I'm kinda new to org-mode and I was wondering whether it is possible to set a deadline for a TODO task to a meeting date? I try to be more specific in the following:
I have a meeting org file within ...
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What is the difference between Workflow states vs Types in org-mode?
In org-mode, what is the difference between TODO workflow states and TODO types? They looks and seems the same.
Here's a simple workflow states:
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence &...
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Show org todos with certain tag in designated file
I want to implement a certain time-management system in emacs/org-mode.
For each project, I intend to have one .org file which includes all associated to-dos. I already created those.
Now, I would ...
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Sorting todos by custom todo label when invoking `org-todo-list` with `C-c a t`
I have defined some custom todos keywords with
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence "TODO" "TODAY" "IN-PROGRESS" "WAITING" "URGENT" "FUTURE&...
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Org mode To Do's: completed tasks statistics cookie for items more than one level down
I am working on a project with several steps, each of which has sub-steps; each sub-step has sub-steps as well. The steps and sub-steps are headings; the sub-sub-steps are To Do items. I would like to ...
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Update Org Header if SRC Block has :tangle no
I organize my init.el in a single org-file as many do. Often times I remove code from my config to test things out. I typically do this by changing the src-block to have a :tangle no setting. In many ...
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I have to enable `hl-todo-mode` in LaTeX-mode?
Currenty I am on LaTeX-mode-hook and added following line global-hl-todo-mode into .emacs file to use hl-todo. On its readme it says:
To highlight keywords turn on hl-todo-mode in individual ...
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assign priorities to todo items based on position in directory
I'm very new to extending Emacs. I just started using org-agenda and I'm loving it so far. My approach to todos is probably more granular than most: I have my major goals as separate org files and ...
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How to start emacs with a custom agenda view?
I can start emacs with my org-mode agenda view by putting the following in my init.el file:
(org-agenda-list)
(delete-other-windows)
Or I can start it with my global todo list:
(org-todo-list)
(...
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Schedule to "now" (current time) in date/time prompt (calendar)
I would like to be able to insert the current time with a shortcut when I schedule a task.
There is the "." for jumping to the current day (today), but I have not been able to figure out a shortcut ...
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Comment out / uncomment source blocks on state change in org-mode config file
I started to move my config file to an org-file just recently.
I wondered if it was possible to use the TODO state to activate or deactivate source blocks in the entry under the heading. This way it ...
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Org-mode how to automatically adjust sub-entry completion with sub-sub-entry completions
I just very recently started using Emacs Org-mode to organize my tasks, and I really don't know anything about Emacs-Lisp.
What I have achieved is to mark a TODO entry as DONE when its children(sub-...
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Use global & local org-mode TODO Keywords in a file
In org-mode, one can define a set of local TODO keywords with the "#+TODO" keyword, or sets can be defined globally with org-todo-keywords. It is also possible to define multiple sets that can be used ...
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org-mode in-buffer todo setting not working as expected
I am using org-mode TODO tracking change (in-buffer settings) and I'm having some issues. All the info is taken from the official docs (https://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-TODO-state-changes.html)
I ...
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Org mode table- make entire column to contain checkbox
I have a table like this using Org mode (by typing |-- and then tab to complete
|-- Item-- |--Notes---|
| blah blah|blah blah |
Now I would like to add another column just before Item and contains ...
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ignore dependencies when setting CANCELED todo-state
CONTEXT
I have org-todo-keywords set to "TODO(t) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)".
Also, I have configured org-todo-state-triggers to
(cons 'quote (list (cons 'todo (list (cons org-archive-tag nil)))
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Editing and viewing timestamps in Global TODO in Org Agenda
When viewing alltodo's (M-x org-agenda RET t), is it possible to see and edit Scheduled/Due dates?
I understand that the list of TODOs can be very long and therefore seeing timestamps could clutter ...
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Embed org task list from other subtree
Is there a way to embed/include/reference (I don't know the proper word in emacs-speek :)) to headings so that their contents show in a different place?
The idea is to reduce duplications and ...
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changing todo state of multiple headings at once
I've got a list of todo's, and I'd like to change all of the todo's in that list with a single command, instead of moving point to each item and changing the status manually. For example.
* TODO Item ...
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Problem with the behavior of org-fontify-done-headline
I want entries with the DONE status to be greyed out, so in my init file I have
(setq org-fontify-done-headline t)
and I have added
'(org-headline-done
((((class color) (min-colors 16) (...
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How do you make org-todo apply todo state change logging to all headings, when called from a function?
Description
When calling org-todo from a function, e.g., via org-map-entries or search-forward (see example code below), then the todo state change logging is only applied to one matched heading.
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Loading new agenda keywords (org-todo-keywords) is broken for me - bug in Emacs?
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I decided to add custom agenda keywords (I'm still setting up the environment, don't have any agenda files yet) and I used this example code from some tutorial:
(setq org-todo-keywords
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Fontify headline with todo keyword color
I would like to fontify headlines with the same color/weight as their TODO keywords. So for example, the default is like this:
TODO Headline
And I want it to look like this:
TODO Headline
Any ...
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Listing the TODOs from the current file
I was wondering whether there is a command that allows to list the TODOs (in a similar way than C-c+a+t) but for the current buffer... a buffer which might not even be within the list of agenda files.
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Org: have multiple TODO sequences that terminate with DONE
So, let’s say I have two different TODO keyword sequences:
TODO | DONE
RESEARCHING WORKING FINISHING | DONE
I want both to cycle to “DONE.” But, the Org manual says not to use duplicate TODO ...
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Org agenda remove todo in bulk
In org agenda mode, select several items, mark them with m, then set the todo status B t to none. Normally I can remove TODO status with t SPC but B t SPC isn't permitted.
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Org-mode as a Get-Things-Done (GTD) system
I use Org-mode as a structured notebook. I find it convenient to store information I want to keep using the directory/tree paradigm, when the notes I want to keep are too short to need a file.
I would ...
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How to create a weighted task cookie in org-mode
Task cookies are a cool feature in org-mode that I use everyday to quickly check my progress when doing todo lists
e.g
- Grandparent Task [50%]
- [-] Parent Task [80%]
- [X] Child Task 1
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Todo dependency graph?
I'm interested in modeling todo dependencies with the following types of structure:
A blocks B
A blocks C
B blocks D
C blocks D
D blocks E
D blocks F
Note the examples of multiple parents and ...
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Org mode: Using todo-items or checkboxes in tables
I have several items that I need to perform the same tasks on. To get an overview, I wanted to use a table, where the columns would show me how many are done, something like this:
+------+------------...
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